The science behind why the Earth will spin just a little bit faster on July 9, July 22, and August 5, this year.

The full buck moon will reach its peak illumination on Thursday, July 10. It’s just one of this month’s celestial highlights.

Rare red sprite spotted by astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS Sprites flash high above storms and vanish in just ...

Hubble Space Telescope images of Jupiter have been "photo-mapped onto a sphere," and animated into a full rotation, according ...

Once a realm of imagination and stargazing, the Solar System has now been revealed in stunning clarity through decades of ...

"Eight minutes later, the orbiter started receiving data from the descent probe, which slammed into the top of the Jovian atmosphere at a comet-like speed of 170,000 kilometers per hour," NASA ...

The JWST could see a 25-35% reduction in operations, and some Hubble instruments may have to fend for themselves.

As the administration slashes spending on science, NASA is running low on new missions.

Around seven asteroids or comets are thought to hit Saturn every year, but we have never spotted one in the act. Now, it ...

Venus: Venus dazzles in the eastern sky before sunrise, shining brightly for a couple of hours each morning. It’s joined by ...

The event, titled "Out of This World," will feature the Massapequa Philharmonic performing composer Gustav Holst's masterwork ...

Solar systems mostly keep to themselves. What’s ours is ours and what’s not is not. Stars are simply too far from each ...