A year of discovery awaits, with missions poised to reveal new insights about our home planet, solar system, galaxy, and ...

The mysteries of the cosmos extend far beyond the stars we see, encompassing the dark forces and unknowns that shape our ...

What Is a Magnetosphere? A magnetosphere is the region surrounding a planet that is dominated by its magnetic field. While ...

Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully unravelled many secrets by pushing the boundaries of astronomy and cosmology closer to the beginning of time.

Happy Galaxies Day! A century ago tonight, Edwin Hubble exposed a photograph at the 100-inch telescope on Mt. Wilson whose ...

Another factor in life on planet earth is travel speed. Our globe spins up to 1,000 mph if you live on the equator, orbits around the sun at 66,627 mph, travels around the galaxy at 448,000 mph while ...

According to a tenet scientists call the cosmological principle, our place in space is in no way exceptional. But recent ...

The telescope will catalogue billions of new objects and produce a new map of the entire night sky every three days with the largest digital camera ever made.

The only place in Illinois to see a NASA exhibit on the search for life on alien planets is the Joliet Public Library. And it ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has shattered records by venturing closer to the Sun than ever before, reaching blazing speeds of 430,000 mph. Equipped with groundbreaking technology, it braved extreme ...

The space agency’s Parker Solar Probe survived the latest endeavor in its mission to “touch” the sun – flying just 3.8 ...