The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

After von Braun’s visit was announced, some Ball State faculty openly opposed his invitation. Rumors began circulating of a ...

By Aimee Ortiz The Red Planet ... a blood moon. An issue with a ground system that supports the Falcon 9 rocket led to a postponement of at least one day of the latest rotation of space station ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured this stunning long-exposure view of Earth and stars from space at night from the ...

"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access the inner planets. Now the results are in, and we can do interesting ...

More than 60 years after the first debunked discovery of a planet orbiting Barnard’s Star, the closest single-star system to ...

Barnard's Star is a small, dim star of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

Last year, astronomers announced that a planet orbits Barnard’s star. Now, researchers have confirmed the existence of three more.

Venus will pass between the Earth and sun during what’s called an inferior conjunction. But don’t plan on seeing the linkup.

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling spiral galaxy paired with a prominent star, both in the ...