Of all the astronomical objects visible in a telescope, none has captured human imagination more than the planet Saturn. Since it is easily visible to the unaided eye, humans have seen it since the ...

A new study suggests that Earth might have had a ring system around 466 million years ago, potentially formed during a period of unusually intense meteorite impacts known as the Ordovician impact spik ...

The annual Orionid meteor shower peaked over the weekend, but we’re far from finished with the opportunity to see the show.

Vega provided the first telescopic evidence of a disk of planet-forming material, but there are no planets to be found around ...

Legendary Star Lacks Evidence for Large Planet Construction Ever since the dawn of human consciousness, skywatchers have been ...

Earth" planet pretty close to us, just outside our solar system! This planet, called Proxima Centauri b, orbits our nearest neighboring star, Proxima Centauri. It’s called a "Super-Earth" because it’s ...

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At 15.4 billion miles away from Earth in interstellar space, Voyager 1 won't last much longer. In fact, NASA's flight ...

If the orbits of the debris are farther away from the sun, then their volatile materials stay frozen ... sunset for the next few months. Saturn is visible in the southern evening sky and is ...

The world’s first wooden satellite has been sent to space to prove that wood is a space-grade material, and, most importantly, biodegradable.

Astronomers have used NASA’s Hubble and James Webb space telescopes to capture unprecedented details of the extensive debris ...

Averting your gaze when viewing the ringed planet can cause an optical phenomenon that might make you think twice about what ...