Mars isn't a bright, fire-engine red, but the iron oxide in its rocks makes it appear redder than other planets, especially ...

In the 1950s, the U.S. began focusing on nuclear propulsion as an effective way to power space exploration with projects ...

The best telescopes for seeing planets will let you capture Saturn and Neptune in the same view. Watch out for Prime Day, which is your chance to save big on deep space observation.

Over the past decade or so, astronomers have speculated about the characteristics of rogue planets in the Milky Way galaxy. These "free-floating" worlds don't orbit stars, but instead roam the ...

No Man's Sky dev proves it's not all "smoke and mirrors in space games" by zipping across "3 planets in 50 seconds" to show how "powerful" the engine really is News By Kaan Serin published 24 July ...

Earth and planets like it often have a bulge around the equator caused by centrifugal force, the outward force experienced by an object that's spinning.On Earth, the bulge is slight but ...

The unique properties of sub-Neptunes are linked to to musical rhythmic orbits in space, revealing new insights into planetary formation and resonance systems.

Anxious to keep from “abandoning the planets to Russia,” 23 top space scientists last week recommended a program designed both to appeal to congressional penny pinchers and to reach the planets.

A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in our solar system. This happened about 4½ billion years ago.. Then the planets began to emerge, as the billions of particles ...