The spunky probe's final gravity assist around Venus will put it on track to break records near the Sun next month.

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) will be visible from the ground. Find out when you can see it on the NASA ...

This month, catch planetary views of Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars, witness a close pass of the Parker Solar Probe by Venus, and ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover captured an intriguing astronomical event from Mars' Jezero Crater: a transit of the Martian moon ...

"The suggestion of an ocean inside one of the most distant moons in the solar system is remarkable," a researcher said.

NASA's Perseverance rover captured the silhouette of the Martian moon Phobos as it passed in front of the Sun on Sept. 30, ...

"Asteroids and comets with a perihelion distance (closest to the Sun) less than 1.3 astronomical units (AU), or approximately ...

Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space telescopes ...

The ambitious mission won't actually look for life on Jupiter's moon Europa, but it should find out if the presumed ocean provides a habitable environment.

Scientists are eager to see if Europa's subsurface ocean could support life, as NASA's Europa Clipper is scheduled to begin its journey.

Our solar system contains the most volcanic object in the known universe: the Jupiter moon Io. Now, researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California suggest a similar ...

One of the only space missions of its kind is happening right now to find life outside of Earth. It’s a mission to Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter.