Most people learned in school that Mercury is just a small, scorched planet close to the Sun. But NASA’s MESSENGER mission ...

ESA's Solar Orbiter captured views of the planet Mercury passing in front of the Sun. Multiple instruments aboard the ...

In a remarkable first, Blue Origin recovered the booster following its separation from the upper stage and the Mars orbiters.

The study suggests that planets closest to their stars, especially those that orbit their stars in just 12 days or less, are at a higher risk of being sent to their doom by their aging suns.

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin successfully launched its New Glenn rocket on Thursday with NASA twin spacecraft destined for Mars ...

Explore the evolving rare earth hypothesis, highlighting new findings on habitability and the conditions for complex life on ...

The Apollo program that led to the historic moon landing took a lot of time, effort, and money. The cost is a hefty sum that ...

What's the best way to reveal what an exoplanet is made of? Wait for it to get gravitationally shredded and engulfed by its ...

As NASA prepared astronauts for its second mission into space, National Geographic had exclusive behind-the-scenes access for ...

Jeffrey Kluger's "Gemini" argues that the program was more milestone than stepping stone in the 1960s space race.

The quiet fear of losing your home is usually a human story, but in the sky, entire worlds may face something similar. As ...

After the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico collapsed in 2020, the NASA dish ramped up its radio astronomy to fill the void.