The Skyfall concept reimagines Mars landings, deploying a six-helicopter swarm to autonomously scout for resources and future ...

Scientists are turning to simulations and experiments to understand how life-indicating molecules behave, so we might know ...

Today in the history of astronomy, America’s first female astronomer is born.

Neptune and Saturn appear together in a telescope as Mars passes a star in Virgo and Titan’s shadow transits Saturn in the ...

August brings Saturn and Neptune together, offers two shadow transits of Titan, and sees a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.

Join astronomer Patrick Moore and Queen's Brian May as they observe the 2004 transit of Venus in a newly released film. Watch ...

With our satellite half-lit, several features stand out for easy observing tonight, including dark seas and bright craters.

Mars remains an evening fixture, Saturn is nearing opposition, and Venus and Jupiter meet in the predawn sky Aug. 12.

Morning and evening observers can catch shooting stars from both the Southern Delta Aquariids’ peak and the ramp-up of the ...

There's so much more to see than the famous Messier Catalog. Here's a list of gorgeous NGC star clusters to observe on the ...

Signs of life on K2-18 b are revisited as a new NASA-led study finds no conclusive evidence for dimethyl sulfide, tempering ...

Dwingeloo 1, a barred spiral galaxy about 10 million light-years away, is so obscured, it wasn't discovered until 1994.