After circling Earth for over 50 years, a 1,091-pound landing module is set to reenter the planet's atmosphere next month.

In addition to the exoplanet’s polar orbit, the brown dwarf pair itself is extraordinarily rare. They form an eclipsing ...

A dazzling snapshot from ESO’s Paranal Observatory captures a rare sky parade — the Moon, a comet, and nearly every visible planet strung across the heavens. This celestial lineup is an optical ...

It wasn’t until NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) turned its eye to the scene that the story took an unexpected turn.

An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the discovery of a planet about twice the size of Earth orbiting its star ...

The pre-dawn sky on April 25 will see a conjunction of Venus, Saturn and a waning crescent moon, which will resemble a ...

Scientists are BAFFLED after spotting a lone black holeFrom your WhatsApp messages to your work emails, it can sometimes feel ...

Mercury and Venus retrograde, two of the many celestial events some believe can cause turmoil, ended this month.

Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...

The internet has been abuzz with the possibility of sky watchers seeing a “smiley face” in the eastern sky above the horizon ...

Venus and Saturn will align with a crescent moon to create the illusion of a smiley face in the sky on the morning of April ...

The crescent moon will be the centerpiece of April's final astronomical event as it bunches up with Venus, Saturn and Mercury ...