Astronomer Eliza Kempton said that she had waited her "entire career" to peer into an atmosphere from this mysterious class of planets.

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

Fram2's orbit flew Dragon on a north-to-south trajectory in low Earth orbit at an altitude of about 271 miles (437 kilometers ...

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

Earth has four seasons, but do other planets in our solar system also have hot summer days and cold winter nights?

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

SPHEREx begins mapping the sky in infrared, exploring the universe’s origins and life’s building blocks across the Milky Way.

A new space telescope is mapping the sky in 102 colors — and it may just rewrite our understanding of the universe.

Pointed away from Earth about 404 miles overhead, the orbital observatory will circle the planet from north to south about 14 ...

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

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

Spring Constellations dominate the night sky during the month of May. To the south, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, ...