NASA will hold a media briefing at 1 p.m. CST, Wednesday, March 4, with the International Space Station residents who will usher in an era of six-person crews.

NASA will hold a media briefing at 1 p.m. CST, Wednesday, March 4, with the International Space Station residents who will usher in an era of six-person crews.

The six-wheeled, plutonium-powered, car–sized vehicle aims to dig deeper and learn more.

In a feat that until recently was thought impossible, a team of scientists have captured the first ever visible-light image of a planet orbiting another star.

Astrophysicist Alan Boss isn’t a fortune-teller, but he has had an uncanny ability to guess how stars and planets are formed—and has spent thirty years doing so.

Hawaii’s Mauna Kea isn’t just home to the world’s largest astronomical observatory—it’s also a dormant volcano.

MCG-6-30-15, a galaxy 130 million light-years away, doesn’t look like much at first. But this remarkable galaxy has created a window for physicists into the root of black holes.

We are only beginning to discover how vast and strange our solar system truly is.

Conclusive proof of ice on Mars, the first (and second) binary black hole, organic molecules on Enceladus, and more…