A Super-Earth may have formed in our Solar System's earlier days, and then been destroyed by the Sun.

As a gas giant, Neptune has no surface, in the traditional sense. But atop its cloud layers, some pretty amazing things are happening

I've said in the past that the Universe isn't expanding into anything. But what if we're living in a vast multiverse, and our Universe is bumping up against other universes?

One weld at a time, the flight hardware for NASA's mammoth new Space Launch System (SLS) booster has at last started taking shape, promising to turn years of planning and engineering discussions into reality and a rocket that will one day propel our astronauts on a 'Journey to Mars.'

The changing brightness of the haze layers in Pluto's nitrogen atmosphere are caused by atmospheric gravity waves, according to data from New Horizons.

Why this week's Full Moon is the smallest of 2016. It's Mini-Moon season!

Antarctica is a rich source of Martian meteorites, which are studied for clues to the formation and evolution of the Solar System.

The discovery of a Dwarf Dark Galaxy addresses the Missing Satellite Problem, and tells us we're on the right track in our understanding of the Universe, and Dark Matter's role in it.

Nearly 40 years after it was first detected, a Florida astronomer proposes that comets may be to blame for the famed extraterrestrial "Wow! signal".

The International Space Station (ISS) grew in size today, April 16, following the successful installation of an experimental new room - the BEAM expandable habitat module.

With all the attention Breakthrough Starshot has been getting some are wondering if Alpha Cantauri is the best place to mount an interstellar mission

SpaceX has released a slew of up close photos showing the sensational "super smooth" touchdown last week of a Falcon 9 booster on a tiny droneship at sea located several hundred miles (km) off the East coast of Florida. "This time it really went super smooth," Hans Koenigsmann, SpaceX VP of Flight Reliability, told Universe Today

ExoMars returns its first image, proof that the camera system is functioning as intended.

Researchers have discovered the first Hyper-Velocity binary star, and its location, and possible relationship with Dark Matter, is a puzzle.

On Monday, May 9 Mercury will make one of its relatively rare transits of the Sun. Get ready for the event by making sure you have access to a telescope and solar filter.

We're always concerned about the weather here on Earth, but what about the Moon? Is there any weather up there that astronauts will have to worry about?

Bigelow Aerospace and United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced they are joining forces to develop and launch the world's first commercial space habitat to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) by 2020 - potentially as a huge and revolutionary new addition to the International Space Station (ISS).