A rare solar wind event was taking place when NASA’s Voyager 2 zipped by in 1986, a study suggests, which affected what we ...

Much of the knowledge about Uranus was gleaned when NASA’s robotic spacecraft Voyager 2 conducted a five-day flyby in 1986.

A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...

Why does Jupiter look like it has a surface – even though it doesn’t have one? – Sejal, age 7, Bangalore, India ...

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a white dwarf 4,000 light years away, raising questions about Earth ...

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

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

Therefore, the image of Jupiter circulating on social media was a real photograph taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft, but was modified to enhance its colors and contrast, as encouraged by NASA.

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you'd like an expert to answer, send it to ...

As the second-largest state, Texas covers an extraordinary amount of the geographical area in the U.S., able to fit 15 of the smallest states together in its boundaries. Because of the size of ...

Cape Canaveral offers front row seats to the greatest show on Earth just about every week, but there are a few things to know ...

In the movie Contact (1997), a scientist travels to the star Vega and finds herself surrounded by a cloud of debris, a scene ...