Where will the failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 land when it crashes back to Earth in the coming week? Most major cities ...

The solar system consists of our star, the sun, and everything bound to it by gravity: the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, ...

"It's like trying to spot a fish by looking for ripples in a pond, rather than trying to see the fish itself." ...

For years, astronomers have toyed with the idea that the Sun hides an extra planet so distant and dim that even the best ...

Launched over 50 years ago, this piece of the Kosmos 482 mission was designed to survive the punishing conditions on Venus.

The ESA launched Biomass aboard a Vega-C rocket earlier this week. The launch vehicle blasted off from Kourou in French ...

The public will have the opportunity to learn about space and exploration at the Sun, Earth, Universe exhibition on the ...

Mars starts May not far from the Beehive star cluster, Venus is unmistakable in the predawn sky, and Mercury looks best early ...

Using a new radar technique, Biomass can 'see' through clouds and tree canopies down to the forest floor, where most ...

The probe was launched in March 1972 by the USSR and was meant to gather data from Venus. But an engine malfunctioned, it ...

“Our idea was to use a very special type of radar to map the world’s forests from space. The goal was to understand how ...

The SPHEREx mission will map the universe in both optical and near-infrared light. In the month since arriving at its orbit ...