The joint European-Japanese mission is only the second survey of Mercury, the least explored planet in the inner solar system ...

Earth from space never disappoints. Space can be a wondrous place, and we've got the pictures to prove it ... at 1:11 a.m. EST (0611 GMT) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC), was carrying ...

A rare parade of planets will light up the night sky throughout January. Six planets will be in alignment for the rest of the ...

NASA was formed in 1958 "to provide for research into problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere, and for ...

Pettit is now in the midst of his third stint on the International Space Station, and the decade he had to prepare for his ...

The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula. Though it looks like a bubble or eye from Earth’s point of view, the Helix is actually a trillion-mile-long tunnel of glowing gases. In its center ...

Sky gazers will get a peek at what has been called a "parade of planets," where this time around, up to seven planets may ...

The shells of carbon-rich dust are expanding outward into space at the breakneck velocity of 1,600 miles per second.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a cameo appearance of the tiny moon Phobos on its trek around the Red Planet. Even today, it is frequently called the "Red Planet" because iron minerals in the ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit is currently on his third stay on the International Space Station where he works with other astronauts to conduct experiments and maintain the celestial outpost. But in his ...