The outer planets of the Solar System - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune - are gas giants, a designation which applies to planets that are primary composed of hydrogen and helium.

In preparation for their historic flyby with a KBO, the New Horizons team conducted observations that indicated that the target may be different than previously thought

A team from Standford University's Space Rendezvous Laboratory have created a small-scale demonstrator of Starshade technology to help in the hunt for exoplanets.

The COHERENT experiment, an international collaboration, made the first-ever detection of neutrinos bumping into the nucleus of other atoms

Located 58,000 light from years, in the northern constellation Coma Berenices, is the globular cluster known as Messier 53.

Before the year is out, the long awaited debut launch of the triple barreled Falcon Heavy rocket may at last be in sight says SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk, as he forthrightly acknowledges it comes with high risk and released a stunning launch and landing animation (see below) earlier today, Aug. 4.

The Voyager probes, humanity's longest-running and farthest-reaching missions, are celebrating their 40th anniversaries this summer!

A new study led by researchers from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center indicates that Proxima b would be likely to retain an Earth-like atmosphere.

A recent study by a team of astronomers, using data provided by Hubble, has provided the best evidence to date of a stratosphere around an exoplanet.

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.