Depending on where you are in the world, a penumbral lunar eclipse will be visible over the next few hours.
A controversial new study has suggested that this hypothetical form of energy may not actually exist at all.
NASA has confirmed that it has almost completed work on its upcoming robotic Mars exploration rover.
One of the brightest stars in the night sky is exhibiting signs that its explosive demise might not be far away.
Boeing's reusable crew vehicle had aimed to dock with the station this week but things didn't go quite to plan.
NASA has released two new images showing interstellar comet Borisov traveling through our solar system.
If successful, the mission will be the first ever to remove a piece of space junk from Earth's orbit.
A large space rock the approximate size and shape of the Great Pyramid of Giza is set for a close encounter.
A microbe with an appetite for meteorites has shown that space rocks may be able to carry life across the cosmos.
Astronomers have discovered a huge planet orbiting the burnt-out husk of a star that was once like the Sun.
The groundbreaking solar probe has sent back its first observations from the edge of the Sun's atmosphere.
Scientists have discovered new evidence of a temporary moon burning up in the Earth's atmosphere.
Scientists have discovered a black hole in our own galaxy that could rewrite the book on stellar evolution.
It turns out that planets could orbit a black hole in much the same way as our own planet orbits the Sun.
NASA and ESA are planning an ambitious mission to return samples of Mars to the Earth for the first time.
The water vapor from one of the Jovian moon's elusive plumes has been directly detected for the first time.
The long-running mystery of methane on Mars has now been joined by another perplexing enigma - oxygen.
Combining tardigrade DNA with our own could one day improve our ability to survive for long periods in space.
This spectacular celestial event, which only happens a few times per century, will be visible for 5.5 hours.
New evidence suggests that, rather than being flat like a sheet, the universe may in fact loop around on itself.