Space

A leading explanation for the different patterns seen in Earth’s northern and southern auroras has been ruled out.

'Planet Nine' is thought to be 10 times larger than Earth, but what if it wasn't a planet at all?

SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, is an observatory built onto a Boeing 747, but the government shutdown has stopped it from flying.

Mission leads are trying to reestablish contact with the Spektr-R satellite, which carries a 10-meter wide radio dish.

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have eliminated a major bottleneck in the production of plutonium-238 for deep space exploration through automation.

A new NASA study estimates that Saturn’s famous rings won’t be around forever.

“In only a few billion years from now, half of the planet may be gone.”

The Sun's poles remain mysterious, but scientists are poring over past imaging data to construct artificial images of what they look like.

Researchers from Clemson University used almost a decade of gamma ray data to map the entire observable universe for the very first time.

“This is real.”

A MIPT team is building prototype observatories over the coming weeks in Amderma, Nenets Autonomous Region.

A potential mission to the moon in 2028 was pitched at a meeting of the National Space Council yesterday in response to pressure from President Trump.