These images mark an early milestone in the mission, confirming that OSIRIS-APEX is healthy and on course for its 2029 ...

December means the winter solstice is coming, it arrives on Dec. 21, and we are in for a couple of very cold and snowy months ...

Kerala now joins earlier Indian names found on Mars. Ganga and craters named after Devendra Lal remain important examples.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured a rare dark-rayed crater on Ganymede, offering fresh clues about the moon’s icy surface, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the ...

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. November 25: Revisit Lacus Mortis Jupiter passes ...

Saturn stunned skywatchers on 23 November when its iconic rings seemed to vanish, leaving the planet looking strangely bare. Astronomers confirmed not ...

NASA's Juno mission has found that Jupiter's Great Red Spot is just the beginning, revealing a polar vortex system of perfectly geometric cyclones and 600 km/h winds that operate under physics we ...

The impacts that started on July 16, 1994 ended on July 22, 1994, were captured by NASA’s Galileo orbiter that was enroute to ...