We also celebrate humanity’s curiosity and achievements in space by exploring the intricate structures of our solar system from the planetary plane to the distant Oort cloud and local interstellar ...

Emily Simpson has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida Tech graduate, she leaves with not only a dual degree in planetary science ...

Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has traveled farther than any spacecraft in human history. After more than four decades of silent endurance through space, it now sails beyond the orbit of the outer ...

You might think of our solar system as fixed and unchanging. But that doesn't take into account the constant discoveries scientists are making in our cosmic neighborhood. WUWM astronomy contributor ...

This video explores exomoons—moons orbiting planets beyond our solar system—and what they could reveal about the universe. . By expanding beyond planets, scientists are beginning to map entirely new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Our solar system is mostly arranged along one plane in space, as in this not-to-scale artist's diagram. NASA/JPL, CC BY If you've ...

For so many of us who live in modern, brightly lit cities, opportunities to see the majesty of space are few and far between. We don’t get to see the Milky Way spilling across the sky every night or ...

The recent confirmation of an atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet called LHS 1140b has created a wave of interest within the astronomy community. The planet orbits within the habitable zone around its ...

A NASA mission to study the heliosphere—the sun's magnetic bubble that shields our solar system—and develop a better understanding of space weather was launched from the agency's Kennedy Space Center ...

While life on Mars (and Venus) has long been an obsession for those wondering if we're alone, there are other places in our solar system that could support life in some form. This artist's concept ...