Galileo started this quest over 400 years ago, and scientists finally were able to peek at one of the biggest mysteries of ...

What's happening in the skies over North Texas this month? July holds some spectacular sights in the night and morning sky.

At the time of this writing, June 23, Jupiter was about half a degree left of the afternoon Sun and due to pass behind it ...

The new moon occurs on June 25. A day later, Mercury reaches its highest point in the evening sky, and on June 27, the young ...

When most of us think about theweather on other planets, we imagine extreme conditions—boiling acid rain, methane snow, or ...

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft returns first-ever data of the Sun collected from a 17-degree tilted ...

The longest day of the year, and the official start of summer, has arrived in the U.S. The summer solstice takes place Friday ...

According to the National Weather Service, the summer solstice will occur on Friday at 10:42 p.m. Eastern time (it will be ...

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter captured the first-ever images of the sun's south pole in March, which were ...

But in February, Solar Orbiter used a gravity-assist flyby around Venus to tilt its trajectory, enabling a view of the sun from about 17 degrees below the equator. Future Venus flybys will increase ...

The robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the first images ever taken of our sun's two poles as scientists seek a deeper understanding of Earth's host star, including its magnetic field, its ...

News Sci/Tech Soviet-era spacecraft once bound for Venus expected to crash to Earth in May May 2, 2025 Updated Fri., May 2, 2025 at 4:55 p.m. Venera 8 was one of a pair of Venus atmospheric lander ...