Jupiter-Venus conjunction 2023: The two planets will pass within half a degree of each other in a spectacular planetary conjunction on 1-2 March 2023. The conjunction of Jupiter and Venus will be one of the best planetary events that can be seen with unaided eyes. Besides that, in March, the Moon wi...

Planetary Resources' mission is mine near-Earth asteroids for raw materials, ranging from water to precious metals. Through the development of cost-effective exploration technologies, the company is poised to initiate prospecting missions targeting resource-rich asteroids that are easily accessible....

Scientists at MIT, Cardiff University, and elsewhere have observed what may be signs of life in the clouds of Earth's planetary neighbor, Venus

Shine bright like a diamond: A chance alignment of a blue planetary nebula, a vivid foreground star, and the ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile produces an apparition like an engagement ring. Guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani provides the soundtrack and his new book "Strange Beautiful Music: A Musical M...

Nasa's asteroid Vesta in 3-D. Put on your 3-D glasses for this ride over asteroid Vesta.

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft will deliberately crash into a near-Earth asteroid to try and knock it off course. Scientists at NASA and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory hope the DART mission could help us save Earth from a catastrophic impact.

The first free flight of a Morpheus prototype lander was conducted Dec. 10, 2013, at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility. The 54-second test began with the Morpheus lander launching from the ground over a flame trench and ascending approximately 50 feet, then hovering for about 15 second...