The Moon moves down an early-morning line of planets while Eta Aquariid meteors streak through the sky this week.

The volume density of asteroids in the main belt about 10 times higher than that of Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids.

The evening sky loses its last planet early in May, shifting the attention of planetary observers to the morning.

The long-delayed Starliner mission, if successful, will give NASA and future space tourists more options for getting to low ...

Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams will be aboard the Starliner, scheduled to launch at 10:34 pm EDT on Monday, May 6.

The spiders on Mars form during the planet's springtime when temperatures rise and rays of sunlight touch the ice layers of ...

Discovering new black holes is no easy feat — where do you even begin to look? New data and techniques help us get closer ...

Simulations show that a slow, shallow impact formed the western half of Pluto's heart - and also shed light on the dwarf ...

Approximately 5,000 meteorites are heating up and sinking into the ice every year and becoming inaccessible, a new study finds.

Katya Echazarreta is a trailblazing scientist — now with her own Barbie Doll — who is focused on STEM and success for the ...

This week, early risers can watch as a beautiful line of planets parades past the Moon. With Mercury’s return, the swift ...

As the Moon rises early in the morning, Mars and Neptune meet in a conjunction and we gear up for the Eta Aquariids in the ...