NASA launched the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in August 2005 and the following year, on March 10, it entered the orbit of the red planet where it continues to operate today. Data returned to Earth by ...
Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, March 13Look north this evening a couple hours after sunset and you'll easily spot the large shape of the Big Dipper as it sits ...
Astronomers have captured a rare, real-time view of a planetary cataclysm 11,000 light-years away. While monitoring a stable, sun-like star called Gaia20ehk, deep in the constellation Puppis, ...
An object older than the solar system is crossing familiar planetary territory, and spacecraft built for entirely different missions are turning into a makeshift deep-space observatory to study it.
A huge solar storm struck Mars in 2024, supercharging its upper atmosphere and briefly disrupting spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet.
NASA will provide an update on the Artemis 2 moon mission today, following rocket repairs and launch delays. Here's how to watch.
With the first images from the spacecraft now in hand, the team behind NASA's Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat, or SPARCS, is ready to begin charting the energetic lives of the galaxy's most ...