For obvious reasons, the Sun’s influence weakens as you get closer to the edge of the solar system. But things might be a lot ...

A striking new image released by NASA offers a rare, close up look at one of the busiest star forming regions in a ...

A pair of new studies are looking to define this boundary as NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft hurtles towards it. They have ...

The Committee on Planetary Protection (CoPP) monitors progress implementing the planetary protection guidelines associated with priority programs and missions identified in the National Academies ...

NASA's New Horizons found the solar wind slows as it nears interstellar space, helping improve models of the solar system's ...

"People will be hurt and killed" if we're not vigilant, scientists warn.

NASA officials said Tuesday that they are seriously considering sending the full-scale engineering model of the Perseverance ...

As part of plans to establish a lunar base, the space agency may send to the moon a spare test version of the rover — as well ...

A research volunteer uses augmented reality goggles to perform astronaut-like tasks during a simulated space mission.

Without a rescue mission, NASA’s Swift Observatory, which studies some of the most powerful explosions in the universe, will ...

PARIS, France — An interstellar comet that blazed past the Sun last year could be nearly three times older than our Solar ...

While life on Mars (and Venus) has long been an obsession for those wondering if we're alone, there are other places in our ...