This colorful image of the Helix nebula may mirror what someday could become of our sun and our home planet. Released on ...

Yet despite the drumbeat of evidence, we still know of just one planet in the cosmos with life — the one you’re standing on.

Skywatchers will get a rare chance to see Saturn in its full glory, without chunks of ice and rock swarming around it.

A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on Monday night, sending four amateur astronauts on an unprecedented journey around Earth’s ...

We often focus on space observatories that peer beyond Earth. But the vast majority of satellites stare right back at us.

Saturn's iconic rings will seemingly "disappear" from view this weekend as they align edge-on with Earth for the first time since 2009. Every 13 to 15 years, the planet's rings align perfectly ...

April skies feature close planet pairings, a bright meteor shower, and stunning views of the ancient star cluster M3.

Suppose humanity was faced with an extinction-level event. Not just high odds, but certain-sure. A nearby supernova will ...

Four private astronauts aboard SpaceX's Fram2 mission have accomplished a rare achievement, flying around the Earth from pole ...

Even though Venus moves between the Earth and sun every 19.5 months, it becomes visible after sunset and before sunrise only ...

Planets don't get much more iconic than Saturn. But if you managed to see it through a backyard telescope right now, you wouldn't see its rings.