A new study offers a possible explanation for the strange surface features on Mars' moon of Phobos, which could help us to better understand the Red Planet too

After reviewing data from the Sentinel-1A satellites on-board cameras, the ESA has determined that it suffered a collision with a tiny object in orbit

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL — The telecommunications giant SES is boldly going where no company has gone before by making history in inking a deal today, Aug. 30, to fly the expensive SES-10 commercial satellite on the first ever launch of a 'Flight-Proven' SpaceX booster - that's been used and recovered.

Astrophysicists looking for the Milky Way's missing matter have found that our black hole was very active only 6 million years ago.

Relying on Hubble data, a new study has suggested that (contrary to hot and cold models) dark matter may actually be "warm" in nature

In Africa this week? The final solar eclipse of 2016 graces the continent this week. This eclipse is annular only, as the Moon fails to fully cover the disk of the Sun.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - OSIRIS-Rex, the first American sponsored probe aimed at retrieving "pristine materials" from the surface of an asteroid and returning them to Earth has been fully assembled at its Florida launch base and is ready to blastoff ten days from today on Sep. 8. It's a groundbreaking mission that could inform us about astrobiology and the 'Origin of Life.'

Outside of the ESO, there are others who have been hunting for exoplanets around Proxima Centauri - including Dr. Kipping of the Cool Worlds lab

We're not saying its aliens, but this could be the most enticing signal from space since the famous "Wow! Signal" in 1977.

I've always struggled to take a good picture of the Milky Way, even though I've got pretty good camera gear. My friends Cory and Tanja Schmitz from Photographing Space give me tips and advice to taking a better Milky Way photo, and then show me what to do in Photoshop to make it even better.

NASA has taken a major step towards the launch of its Mars 2020 rover, which included awarding a launch services contract to United Launch Alliance.

NASA's JUNO spacecraft successfully swooped over the Jovian cloud tops today, Saturday, Aug. 27, gathering its first up close images and science observations of the 'King of the Planets' since braking into orbit on America's Independence Day.

A SpaceX commercial Dragon cargo ship returned to Earth today, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, by splashing down safely in the Pacific Ocean - thus concluding more than a month long stay at the International Space Station (ISS). The vessel was jam packed with some 1.5 tons of NASA cargo and critical science samples for eagerly waiting researchers.

There are places in the Solar System where the forces of gravity balance out perfectly. Places we can use to position satellites, space telescopes and even colonies to establish our exploration of the Solar System. These are the Lagrange Points.

Upon his return to Earth, astronaut Jeff Williams will have established a new record for most time spent in space, at 534 days

On Saturday, August 27th, NASA's Juno mission will once again make history as it conducts the closest flyby of Jupiter to date

An effectbased on the observations of over 4,500 citizen scientists in the UK during the partial eclipse on March 20, 2015, this effect is not just a figment of anyone's imagination; it is a real phenomenon.