Because Pluto is so dim, you need a telescope to see it. “A backyard telescope could do it under the right conditions,” says ...

Echoing artist Dan Keegan’s concerns for the environment and the future of this planet as we know it, eight massive charcoal creations titled “The Elements: Images of Hope” fill the walls of the ...

As it flew by Mars, the spacecraft's onboard camera snapped 22 pictures of the planet's surface, sending them back home to ...

Mariner 4, built by JPL in Pasadena, took the images on July 14, 1965. One of the mission's leaders reflects on decades of ...

After its voyage past Mars, Mariner 4 maintained intermittent communication with JPL and returned data about the interplanetary environment for two more years. But by the end of 1967, the spacecraft ...

The world's most powerful telescopes, including the James Webb Space Telescope and FAST, are revolutionizing our ...

Newly released imagery from NASA shows the Sun's corona in stunning detail after the Parker Solar probe performed its closest-ever flyby.

Sotheby's is putting some rare items up for auction, including what it calls the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.

NASA has shared a video and photo of solar winds flowing through the Sun's corona from an extremely close distance. Coronal Mass Ejections impact Earth and other planets, and can prove dangerous to ...

Clock time is also getting shorter, kind of. Broadly speaking, Earth takes roughly 24 hours to spin around on its axis. Ocean ...