Voyager 1 was launched in 1977, and after 49 years of travelling, it will reach a milestone in space that was once thought ...

Shrouded by a swirl of gas and dust, a gas giant, roughly three to ten times the size of Jupiter, was found in a new ...

Before defining what a light-year is, we should define what a light-year is not: It is not a measure of time, but rather a ...

Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...

In our analysis this week, we look at how NASA's proposed budget would slash the agency's science division by nearly 50%.

NASA's Voyager 1 was launched on a mission that was originally expected to last just five years. Fast forward nearly 50 years, and the spacecraft is still traveling through uncharted regions of space, ...

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter. It came within 354,000 miles (570,000 kilometers) of the ...

"Eight minutes later, the orbiter started receiving data from the descent probe, which slammed into the top of the Jovian ...

Solar systems mostly keep to themselves. What’s ours is ours and what’s not is not. Stars are simply too far from each ...

This gas giant has some really unique features that make it stand out. If you’re curious about space, learning a few things ...

Some objects were placed in space on purpose, symbolic gestures meant to inspire or amuse. Others were lost by accident, ...

With advancement of space tech, photographs clicked from space over the years illuminate distant worlds in stunning detail.