Space.com sat down recently with retired NASA astronaut Terry Virts to talk about space, politics and his run in Texas for a ...

James Webb’s mid-infrared vision has likely captured a frigid, Saturn-mass planet shaping the dusty rings around the nearby ...

Studies of 15 M-type stars have revealed new insights into the potential presence of exoplanets. A new study led by ...

New images from the European Space Agency’s Biomass mission show how the satellite uses advanced radar to map flows of carbon through our planet’s most precious and remote ecosystems ...

Venus continues to be the “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, albeit it has become dimmer — but still bright — as it ...

Less research on environmental risks means we will be forced to operate with an incomplete understanding of those risks.

In an unprecedented discovery, astronomers have detected a rare exoplanet located at the very edge of the Milky Way galaxy, ...

En route to the asteroid system Didymos, Hera will reach its closest point to Mars on March 12. It will use the gravitational pull of the Red Planet to create a slingshot effect, accelerating the ...

Sometimes the best stargazing happens on ordinary nights. Late June 2025 showcases consistent cosmic rhythms: Venus is ...

Mars and the star Regulus delighted stargazers last week when they were seen side-by-side in almost the same brightness but ...

Life as we know it requires access to water, usually liquid water, and Earth is not the only place in our solar system where we can find this resource. In this year’s Exploring Space Lecture Series, ...

The show is titled “Edward Burtynsky: The Great Acceleration,” a term scientists use for the exponential growth of human population and impact on the planet beginning in the mid 20th century.