In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...

Why it's so special: These odd, fan-like features on the surface of Mars are geysers of gas and dust near the planet's south ...

Like a celestial parade across the cosmos, five bright planets are lighting up the night sky and visible with the naked eye ...

NASA scientists are already finding ways to make sure that the end of the world will not be caused by an asteroid.

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Patel, 44, was not in Trump’s orbit when the Repubican was first elected to the White House. He had toiled as a public defender and Justice Department counterterrorism prosecutor before catching on ...

Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...

A planetary alignment happens when several planets appear in a line from Earth’s point of view. Mercury will join Venus, Mars ...

Astronomers were left red-faced after announcing the discovery of a new near-Earth asteroid, only to discover that the ...

The moon's ascending node (the point in the sky where its orbit crosses the ecliptic from south to north) is moving westward ...

Summer-a time when the urge to explore places familiar and new beckons to young and old alike. Although the sun sets late during the summer months, we inevitably find ourselves outside looking at ...

The largest solar storm in two decades hit Earth and triggered auroras in several parts of Earth including in India as wave after wave of high-energy charged particles from the Sun rocked the planet.