With its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the most stunning planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from the sun and ...

An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the ...

Lunar samples show evidence that solar wind could be behind the water molecules on the moon's surface, according to NASA. The results could shine a light on how water ice collects in cold traps formed ...

Skywatchers worldwide are in for a charming cosmic display before the Sun rises Friday, as three celestial bodies will appear in close conjunction.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them ...

NASA is preparing to explore Titan, Saturn’s largest moon - and possibly our best chance at a second home in the solar system. With a thick atmosphere, stable surface, and resources like methane and ...

Space exploration is meant to create a positive future. The legacy of Apollo, and of our robot explorers in the solar system ...

From your WhatsApp messages to your work emails, it can sometimes feel like emoji are everywhere you look. But tonight, a ...

Serving nine UC campuses and two national laboratories, Lick Observatory continues to be at the forefront of groundbreaking ...

The telescope has been installed with the world's largest spectro-polarimeter, the Visible Tunable Filter (VTF).

Perhaps the best known of all comets is Halley, correctly pronounced so that it rhymes with rally, not daily. It is named after the 17th-18th century astronomer Edmond Halley. This ...