China’s space agency is aiming to achieve a historic feat. By 2031, it could become the first to return Mars samples to Earth ...

Hubble Telescope captured this image of the planet Mars in 2018. This high-resolution image was more powerful than the ...

A group of Earth scientists have asked the question “Did Earth ever have a ring?” And surprisingly the evidence points to ...

Exomoons are a hot topic in the science community, as none have been confirmed with astronomers finding new and creative ways to identify them. But while astronomers have searched for exomoons ...

Despite this, the slightly eccentric and tilted orbits of the Solar System’s gas giants remain an enduring mystery. New ...

December's full moon also coincides with the peak of the Geminid meteor shower, which should be most active on the night of Dec. 13.

The Juno mission, spearheaded by NASA, aims to unravel the secrets hidden beneath Jupiter’s dense cloud cover. Since its ...

Scientists with the Juno mission to Jupiter have discovered that the volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io are each likely powered ...

Astronomers analyzing archival images from JWST have discovered an unexpectedly vast population of the smallest asteroids ever seen in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

WTOP has been reporting on the sky sightings that have been taking place in New Jersey and now the DMV. People who are not ...

The planet named after the king of the gods in Roman mythology is visible all night long right now, rising in the east at ...

Starliner astronauts got a much longer stay at ISS. SpaceX caught a rocket booster. Here's a look back at the most pivotal space missions from 2024.