The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

According to Robin Scagell, vice-president of the Society for Popular Astronomy, this planetary gathering is among the best ...

Skywatchers on Thursday evening, Feb. 6, will notice an eye-catching pairing-off between two of the brightest objects in the ...

Jupiter’s famous clouds aren’t ammonia ice but a murky mix of chemicals, sitting lower in the atmosphere than expected. For years, astronomers believed that Jupiter’s upper clouds — responsible for it ...

“This view of Jupiter’s turbulent atmosphere from NASA ... but it’s still absolutely huge when compared to any storms we see here on Earth. Juno has allowed NASA scientists and other ...

The second stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket captured an amazing view of Earth during the launch of the Intelsat 40e ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has discovered a giant volcanic hot spot on the surface of Jupiter's hellish moon Io. The eruptions in ...

Jupiter has a light tan colour and outshines ... so if three planets are in the same region of sky from Earth's point of view, they are not necessarily in the same region of sky from the sun's ...

The hellish surface of a moon of Jupiter known as Io is riddled with hundreds of lava ... Not only was the hot spot larger ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has discovered a giant volcanic hot spot on the surface of Jupiter's hellish moon Io ... times the energy being produced by all Earth's power stations, researchers say.