The zodiacal light shines in the evening as the Moon reaches Last Quarter and skims past Spica and Antares in the sky this ...

Each planet in our solar system is given a unique, humorous catchphrase that reflects its personality and role. From ...

Look up this week for February’s full snow moon and to catch the last glimpse of a visible parade of planets in the night sky ...

In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep ...

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...

Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

With the upcoming Artemis 2 mission taking astronauts around the moon, NASA is taking its first steps toward future crewed missions to Mars in the ... onto another planet. No spacecraft required ...

Mars is one of the most explored planets in our solar system. Over the years we have had robots roaming on the surface and NASA is working hard to land humans on the planet by the 2030s ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Aside from Earth, no planet in the solar system captures our imagination quite like Mars. The Red Planet is one of the few places in our cosmic neighborhood where extraterrestrial life may have ...

While NASA’s current vision is the Moon, Isaacman has SpaceX ties himself and seems to have his eye on an even bolder target: Mars. Musk has been open about his ambition to create a human settlement ...