Paying homage to Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy of books and to the film Interstellar, our readers consider the upsides ...

Samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the asteroid Bennu had organic molecules and minerals and possibly salty water and other life ingredients.

Senior Reporter Roland Beres speaks with Kyle Averill of Spacepoint live on Good Morning Idaho, previewing an event on Feb. 7 ...

Harvard scientists explain how Mars had warm spells billions of years ago, allowing rivers and lakes to exist.

An HTC headset designed to work in space is offsetting the physical and psychological challenges of humans living off-world.

A planetary parade takes place when multiple planets align along the same region of the sky, visible from Earth.

From celebrations large and small, to the thousands who became new citizens and tens of thousands of others who rallied for ...

Astronomical lineups are quite common. However, what sets this month’s planetary parade apart is the number of bright planets ...

Six planets aligning in a rare celestial event to be best visible today. The best time to view is 45 minutes post-sunset.

WASHINGTON — Giant pandas Bao Li [BOW-lee] and Qing Bao [ching-BOW] made their public debut at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo ...

Six planets are parading across the sky, appearing as some of the night's brightest stars. A few easy tips can help you ...

Starting at 12:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT) on Saturday (Jan. 25), astrophysicist Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project ...