It's rare for any observatory to directly image a planet beyond our solar system, called an exoplanet, but the powerful James ...

Step inside Sunita Williams’ space mission with this thrilling excerpt from 'Space: The India Story', capturing her ...

A U.S.-led team of researchers used Webb to directly detect carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of all four of the system's ...

Our newest exhibition transports you to distant worlds as you explore space in the search for life.

Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems shows off the lab where its solar thermal propulsion system will be developed.

The first time you may have heard the term ‘dwarf planet’ was when Pluto got demoted to one in 2006 (RIP). However, we actually have six in our Solar System. Pluto, Ceres, Makemake, Haumea, and Eris ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new study.

Victoria Airport Authority has unveiled the YYJ Solar System Pathway designed by 17-year-old Evan Papps, an aspiring ...

Uranus' accidental discovery 240 years ago greatly enhanced our understanding of the solar system, doubling the size of the ...

Under the nighttime California sky, NASA's EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon ...

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...