NASA monitors MAVEN spacecraft after December 6 signal loss, coordinating recovery with Deep Space Network. Mars solar conjunction from December 29 to January 16 will pause communications.

SANTA CRUZ — Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed ...

Astronomers have decoded the hidden past of a distant red giant star by listening to tiny vibrations in its light, revealing ...

Astronomers have found a colossal spinning structure in space. Galaxies within this formation appear to spin together with a ...

New research examines the theory that this biblical phenomenon was actually a comet, and subjects it to mathematical ...

This video explains Earth’s rotation, how it gradually changes over time, and why our planet continues spinning without ...

When Santa is done delivering presents on Christmas Eve, he must get back home to the North Pole, even if it’s snowing so ...

Astronomers observing the visiting comet have detected shifting jet structures inside an unusual anti-tail, offering fresh ...

Neutron stars explained through stellar remnants and collapsed stars, revealing extreme density, gravity, magnetism, and ...

Scientists tracked interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS and found rotating jets in a rare sun-facing tail during its 2025 pass through ...

The Earth's North Pole isn't just one place, it's actually two. Now, a researcher has revealed that one of those North Poles ...

Scott Brame explains the difference between magnetic north and true north, as Santa and people all over the world prepare to travel.