NASA recently announced that it is looking for a new Planetary Protection Officer, a position which is growing in importance, and pays well!

Relying on Kepler data, a recent study led by researchers from the University of Columbia has turned up the first exomoon candidate!

Live on the wrong continent to witness the August 21st total solar eclipse? Well... celestial mechanics has a little consolation prize for Old World observers, with a partial lunar eclipse on the night of Monday into Tuesday, August 7/8th.

An team of German researchers recently conducted an experiment that has once again proven that quantum entanglement is possible

This October, an asteroid will pass Earth by, thus giving NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) a chance to test their new detection and tracking network

A recent study by a team of NASA researchers had detected that a chemical thought to be essential to life on Titan exists in abundance on that moon.

Located near the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, approximately 5000 light years from Earth, is the open star cluster known as Messier 52.

An all veteran multinational trio of astronauts and cosmonauts rocketed to orbit aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule and safely arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) after a fast track rendezvous on Friday, July 28.

NASA is working on the most powerful rocket ever built: the Space Launch System. What could it be used for to explore the Solar System?

Since ancient times, humans have looked up at the bright band in the night sky and called it the Milky Way, a name which stuck when it came time to name our galaxy.

Located in the southern hemisphere is the Crater constellation (aka. "the cup), one of the 88 modern constellations recognized by the IAU.

From the precipice of "Perseverance Valley" NASA's teenaged Red Planet robot Opportunity has begun the historic first ever descent of an ancient Martian gully - that's simultaneously visually and scientifically "tantalizing" - on an expedition to discern 'How was it carved?'; by water or other means, Jim Green, NASA's Planetary Sciences Chief tells Universe Today.

A new study by an international team of scientists shows how Titan's atmosphere could contain a key building block for organic molecules, which could drastic implications in the hunt for extra-terrestrial life.

In May of 2016, when Mars was making its closest pass to Earth in over a decade, Hubble captured images that were used to make a time-lapse video of Phobos popping out from behind Mars.

A new comet discovery crept up on us this past weekend, one that should be visible for northern hemisphere observers soon. The discovery: We're talking about Comet C/2017 O1 ASAS-SN, a long period comet currently visiting the inner solar system.

Breakthrough Initiatives achieved a major milestone with the recent deployment of their Sprite satellites, the smallest satellites in history.

As part of NASA's NextSTEP-2 program, Lockheed Martin was recently awarded a Phase II contract to continue work on their Deep Space Habitat prototype.

The first two missions of the unmanned Dream Chaser mini-shuttle carrying critical cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA will fly on the most powerful version of the Atlas V rocket and start as soon as 2020, announced Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and United Launch Alliance (ULA).

A new study by an international team of scientists has found evidence of recent volcanic activity on Mars, which could also lead to evidence of ancient life.