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Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered a newfound moon orbiting icy Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun.

See the waning crescent moon rendezvous with Jupiter and Venus in the eastern sky on Aug. 20.

A Black Moon rises tomorrow (Aug. 23), though you won't see it. Its timing makes it a rare lunar event.

This quiz is dedicated to the mechanical marvels that have rolled across the surfaces of alien worlds: the iconic space rovers!

You want a piece of this? You won't have to wait long for as this Disney+ animated sequel strikes back on Sept. 19.

Take a flight with us to see Hurricane Erin through the eyes of NOAA satellites and the Air Force's Hurricane Hunters.

NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts are gearing up for their planned 2026 moon launch by photographing an inflatable version of Earth's nearest neighbor.

While observing the Halley-type comet 12P/Pons-Brooks with ALMA and NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility, researchers determined that the comet's water is strikingly similar to the water on Earth.

The FAA has closed its investigation into SpaceX's Starship failure this spring and given the green light for Starship Flight Test 10 to proceed this weekend.

Portugal's space ambitions grow as Atlantic Spaceport Consortium secures approval to operate the nation's first launch center in the mid-Atlantic

Two Chinese astronauts spent more than six hours outside the Tiangong space station on Friday (Aug. 15), installing a debris shield on the third spacewalk of the Shenzhou 20 mission.

Mercury is farthest from the sun in Earth's morning sky on Aug. 19.

A panel of judges has selected the 25 finalists in NASA and Freelancer's global contest to design a plush "zero-g indicator" to fly to the moon with the agency's Artemis 2 astronauts.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Monday (Aug. 18). It was the company's 100th Falcon 9 launch of the year.

Pluto isn't the only dwarf planet residing in our solar system. Try your hand at naming the others!

A report published in June found that the world only has three years before it crosses the 1.5 C climate target. So what should we do now?

Like birds returning to their nests, these feather-like grid fins help steer rockets back down through the atmosphere toward their landing zones.

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Washington as an incoming speedy solar wind could spark geomagnetic storm conditions overnight.

"It's a discovery that underlines things may be different from what they appear to us at first glance."

A rare August morning alignment brings Mercury, a thin crescent moon and the Beehive Cluster together in the predawn sky. Here's how you can see it for yourself.