In the outer region of our Solar System lie four giant planets - also known as Jovians. And beyond our Sun, thousands more are being found...

The Moon makes a close pass near Jupiter this weekend and occults it for observers in the southern Indian Ocean region.

Based on our current growth in energy usage, how long will it take before we use up all the energy of our planet, of our star, or even all the energy in our galaxy?

Since time immemorial, humans have known that the Sun will rise in the east and set in the west. But why exactly does it happen this way?

Located between 5,000 and 6,000 light years from Earth is the Omega Nebula, one of the brightest and most massive star-forming regions in our galaxy

A recently released catalogue showing the results of a Herschel survey has revealed how stars have cleaned the universe over billions of years

Our guide to earth at aphelion for July 4th, 2016.

On July 4th, the Juno spacecraft - the second long-term mission to Jupiter - will arrive at the gas giant, and begin to shed light its many mysteries

In an 'Independence Day' gift to a slew of US planetary research scientists, NASA has granted approval to nine ongoing missions to continue for another two years this holiday weekend.

As part of China's Chang'e-4 lunar mission. a new radio antenna being developed in the Netherlands will be deployed to the far side of the Moon in 2018

One of the strangest implications of Relativity is the concept of time dilation; how people moving at different speeds will experience different amounts of time. Dr. Brian Koberlein helps us figure it out.

New chemical science findings from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity indicate that ancient Mars likely had a higher abundance of molecular oxygen in its atmosphere compared to the present day and was thus more hospitable to life forms, if they ever existed.

At the annual National Astronomy Meeting, members of the Ultra Deep Survey (UDS) team shared images that are the deepest view of the Universe yet

Sonny Giroux, Program Manager for NASA's Deep Space Network, explains how Juno uses the Network to communicate, and some of the unique challenges Juno poses.

Blue Origin and its founder Jeff Bezos do a little one-upmanship on the old saying, "go big or go home." With the groundbreaking of their new orbital vehicle manufacturing complex, they are going big AND going home, building a home for Very Big Brother, the unofficial name of their rocket.

In preparation for Juno's arrival at Jupiter, a team from the European Southern Observatory is creating a breathtaking infrared map of Jupiter

At the upcoming Starmus science conference, Professor Stephen Hawking will unveil the most ambitious plan to map the known universe to date