In contrast, the Fram2 mission's 90-degree inclination means it will pass directly over both the North and South Poles. This ...

Scientists have taken an exciting step toward sending tiny spacecraft to other stars. A team from Brown University in the U.S ...

James Webb Space Telescope captures Neptune’s auroras, revealing new details about its atmosphere and magnetism.

In a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to the stars, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective ...

To kick off Randolph College’s annual science festival "SciFest," NASA planetary protection engineer Moogega Cooper urged attendees to persevere, stay curious and question rules in their own lives.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX dominates the news these days, but a host of oddballs involved in space exploration came before him.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is constructed to find out the different aspects of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona, to ...

NASA’s Webb Space Telescope was finally able to capture bright auroras on Neptune—the most distant planet in our solar system ...

The decision comes as the Voyager spacecraft face diminishing power supplies due to the gradual decay of their radioactive ...

What can Venus-like exoplanets, also known as exoVenuses, teach us about our own solar system and potentially finding life ...

Auroras are an electrical phenomenon when energetic particles, often originating from the Sun, become trapped in a planet’s ...

Long-Sought Auroral Glow Finally Emerges Under Webb’s Powerful Gaze Neptune lies in the cold, dark reaches of the outer edges of our solar system, about 3 billion miles from the Sun, at the farthest ...