When NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus in 1986, it provided scientists' first—and, so far, only—close glimpse of ...

Much of the understanding of the seventh planet comes from a brief flyby nearly 40 years ago, which researchers now say ...

The penultimate planet, our best measurements suggest, has a whole slew of idiosyncrasies. And one of the most puzzling is its magnetic field. According to measurements taken by Voyager 2 when the ...

A's new position, as celestial mechanics indicate that the probability it arrived there due to accidental drift is negligible ...

Electrons travel at nearly light speed inside Earth’s Van Allen belts and pose a major threat to satellites and space equipment. Image Courtesy LANLLANL NEWS RELEASE“Killer electrons” that ...

Legendary Star Lacks Evidence for Large Planet Construction Ever since the dawn of human consciousness, skywatchers have been ...

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A planet like Earth has an iron-nickel core that comes in two parts, a solid inner core and a molten outer core. When any ...

Starship is intended to eventually evolve into a fully reusable launch and landing system, designed for trips to the moon, ...

Inside the mission to meet a 'city-killer' asteroid before it hits EarthWhen the 'God of Chaos' asteroid flies by our planet ...

Built by Boeing, the X37B space plane has performed a first-of-its kind aerobraking maneuver in the upper atmosphere.

Potentially deadly comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, new ...