Japan’s Akatsuki spacecraft was never supposed to survive. After a failed Venus orbit insertion in 2010, it drifted through ...

SpaceX is asking the Federal Communications Commission to approve a plan to put up to a million satellites in orbit to ...

This coming July, Venus could plow through the dust generated by an asteroid breakup thousands of years ago, potentially ...

Mercury, Venus, and Saturn put on an early-evening display in the west, while Jupiter dominates the rest of the night.

Scientists trekked across Icelandic lava flows that served as stand-ins for Venus’s volcanic landscapes, testing tools and ...

Japan has quietly closed the book on Akatsuki, a spacecraft that spent more time around Venus than anyone first expected. The ...

February is packed full of celestial events including Mercury retrograde and a solar eclipse - here's what it could mean for ...

The big astronomical event in February is a rare “planetary parade,” according to NASA. You’ll be able to see Mercury, Venus, ...

Venus looks like Earth’s twin at first glance, yet its rotation behaves like a cosmic prank. The planet spins backward, ...

Elon Musk’s aerospace company is reportedly targeting a mid-June IPO because there will be a spectacular planetary alignment ...

Scientists may need to broaden their horizons in their search for alien life.

The two companies owned by the tech multibillionaire are reportedly merging ahead of an IPO. But what does it all mean? Two ...