The world’s newest satellite telescope is the deep space paparazzo we need.
The International Liquid Mirror Telescope will use liquid mercury to give scientists a view of the sky, and…
Cloudspotting on Mars is a new initiative for the public to team up with NASA to study Mars' atmosphere, so it's…
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You know about the planets. But what about their satellites?
New images of rock formations offer clues to what Mars was like billions of years ago.
The flying observatory expanded what we know about astrophysics and planetary science, but NASA could no longer…
NASA's Perseverance rover spotted what appears to be a precariously balanced rock amid a larger outcrop.
Observations from a radio telescope almost certainly aren't evidence of aliens, but we'd love to know more about…
ESA's Gaia detected unusual 'starquakes' during its third survey of the galaxy.
The space telescope’s mirror was hit by a micrometeoroid, but it's still in great shape to carry out its mission,…
Our favorite—and only—Martian rotorcraft’s inclinometer has stopped working.
They're the first organic molecules recovered from an asteroid in space. The Hayabusa2 mission visited asteroid…
Scheduled for launch in 2029, the probe will search for clues about Venus' potentially habitable past.
NASA has set July 12 as the official release date of the telescope’s first high-quality shots of the cosmos.
A new atmospheric model sheds light on why Uranus is so pale.
The NASA Earth Observatory recently shared images of volcanoes, cyclones, and phytoplankton.
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Observers in North America will have the best view, but there’s no guarantee that the Tau Herculids will put on a…