Plus, the Geminid meteor shower peaks on the night of Dec. 13-14, and the winter solstice arrives Dec. 21 at 10:03 a.m.
The European Space Agency is planning an ambitious mission to Saturn's moon Enceladus, launching in the 2040s. Utilizing an ...
Hubble Space Telescope imagery of Saturn, captured from 2018-2024, has been time-lapsed. Footage courtesy: NASA, ESA, Amy ...
Saturn’s rings are not the permanent fixture they appear to be through a backyard telescope. Planetary scientists now agree ...
On Nov. 2, 2000, the crew of NASA’s Expedition 1 opened the hatch to the International Space Station, which was the beginning ...
Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's ...
Small icy moons may have hidden oceans that briefly boil under thick ice. Changing pressure inside these moons shapes their ...
Scientists have caught Mars's atmosphere crackling with static, uncovering evidence of miniature lightning in its dust storms.
Researchers have documented 55 instances of "mini lightning" over two Martian years by eavesdropping on the whirling wind ...
Our planet isn't the only heavenly body with liquid on its surface. Scientists from the University of Arizona and NASA on Wednesday announced at least one of the large, lakelike features on a moon of ...
It takes light a single day to travel 16 billion miles. The Voyager 1 probe will need a little longer, just 49 years.
A rare alignment between Earth and Saturn will make the gas giant’s rings appear so thin that they’ll be nearly invisible.