NASA’s Curiosity rover has been getting all the attention these last few days as it celebrates its 13th year on Mars, but its ...

Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have found strong evidence for a new exoplanet — one orbiting Alpha ...

Astronomers have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to find strong evidence for a planet orbiting a star in the triple ...

Thirteen years ago, the Curiosity rover landed on Mars, inside Gale crater in particular. It was originally sent to the red ...

The caldera may have blasted out its cryomagma in a single explosive event, or it may have spread its eruptions over time.

It's not easy to uncover exoplanets, largely lightless objects that either lurk in the dark void of space or are blown out by ...

One of the brightest stars in the night sky seems to be orbited by a planet like Jupiter. The news is sure to cheer fans of the Avatar series, which centers on a moon that orbits a fictional gas giant ...

Greenland’s ice sheet, one of the largest in the world, is retreating at an alarming rate, creating profound impacts on both ...

A cosmic formation known as the 'dumbbell nebula' will be visible from Earth in August. Will you need a telescope to see it?

The congressional budget gridlock has led NASA to lay off hundreds of workers in its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which has launched numerous missions to Mars to search for signs of life. The ...