Scientists have discovered a new type of planetary collision called “kiss-and-capture,” where Pluto and proto-Charon briefly connected and spun together before separating into their current orbital ...

Amazon is providing a sneak peek at satellite containers that are being shipped to Florida for the launch of its Project ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A private U.S. spacecraft bound for the moon has captured stunning images of Earth one week into its ...

January started out with a meteor shower and now has a planetary alignment in store. Here's what you'll be able to see and ...

Fuse wants to light a spark for space entrepreneurs, and it's willing to invest $1 million to turn a good idea into a great ...

Do habitable exoplanets exist that possess life as we know it? Scientists have pondered this longstanding question ever since ...

Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn, already visible to the naked eye, will be joined by Mercury, Neptune & Uranus in a rare ...

University of Arizona researchers have unveiled evidence of romance at the farthest reaches of the solar system: a cosmic ...

Mars will be making its closest approach to Earth in two years, and thus, the mighty red planet, named for the god of war ...

NASA launched a spacecraft to Pluto! New Horizons is a spacecraft about the size of a grand piano, and it became the first ...

NASA launched the New Horizons probe which would provide never-before-seen images of the dwarf planet, its moons and other objects.

NASA was formed in 1958 "to provide for research into problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere, and for ...