The James Webb Space Telescope may have detected life-associated gas in the atmosphere of a far-off planet. The news is being ...

The Japanese asteroid-sampling spacecraft Hayabusa2 has been forced into protective "safe mode" while journeying through deep space.

Uranus Findings Can Aid the Study of Exoplanets Now more than 30 years into its mission, the Hubble Space Telescope has ...

Typically, a planet's magnetic field funnels the material into its atmosphere. But even planets without a field can still ...

Aurora lights on Uranus helped NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope measure the planet’s interior rotation rate, changing what astronomers know about how long a day is on the cold and windy world.

Ever wonder how a spacecraft millions or even billions of miles from the Sun can keep its lights on? After all, solar panels ...

NASA's vast archive of science data, over 100 petabytes and counting, is proving to be a timeless treasure trove for new discoveries. From uncovering hidden moons around Uranus decades after the data ...

Linda Spilker, the Voyager mission’s project scientist, spoke to Gizmodo about the challenges that come with operating the ...

What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic moon ... was first discovered by Voyager 1 when it and its sister spacecraft, Voyager 2, conducted flybys of Jupiter and its moons in 1979.

What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic ... by Voyager 1 when it and its sister spacecraft, Voyager 2, conducted flybys of Jupiter and its moons in 1979. This was the first ...

In the 1970s, NASA’s Voyager probes passed ... Currently, two astrobiology missions are headed for Europa: NASA’s Europa Clipper mission and the ESA’s JUpiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE).