In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

One Pluto year equals 248 Earth years. At 1473 miles in diameter—about half the width of the United States—Pluto is the ...

There’s a new frozen oddball orbiting the Sun, and it’s not your average space rock. It’s a planet—a minor one, to be ...

Following the addition of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe scenes (what Nintendo calls its alarm clock’s wake up experiences) last ...

T he Solar System has just gotten a new official member. Currently, with the name of 2017 OF 201, this is a trans-Neptunian ...

From gravel-size meteoroids to mountain-size asteroids and even visitors from other star systems, space is packed with ...

The Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) aboard NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft has successfully completed its initial commissioning following the October 14, 2024, launch. Scheduled to arrive in the ...

The International Astronomical Union, which reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet in 2006, is the arbiter of such ...

The Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) aboard NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft has successfully ...

From a spicy Venus in Aries transit to a deeply potent full moon in Scorpio, May is action-packed with thrill and possibility ...

This week, the public’s attention again turned to New York City for the Met Gala ... where names like Ravyn Lenae, PLUTO (in two senses) and Arctic Monkeys are making noise. PLUTO and Young Thug ...

From solar probes to deep space missions, these record-breaking human-made objects reached speeds that make bullets and jets ...