For a century, exoplanet hunters have “discovered” planets around a nearby star, only to retract the claims. But the latest ...

The space agency defied incredible odds to get its asteroid-hunting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft off the ground. Since then, the mission has upended everything we know about our solar system.

Getting a mission to the point of officially being accepted for launch is an ordeal. However, even when they aren't selected ...

Every year, over 3,000 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) are found by NASA's survey telescopes. With the use of more powerful and ...

Check the sky again around midnight, and you'll see the Moon has visibly shifted a couple of degrees west of Saturn, showing evidence of the Moon's orbital motion in just a few hours. Jupiter is ...

See how telescopes capture the cosmos. ExtremeTech explains the science behind lenses and space exploration. Start exploring ...

Uncover the mystery behind Saturn’s iconic rings. ExtremeTech explains their origins and the science of our solar system. Dive into the cosmos today!

The next day (Nov. 16) the planet will reach greatest eastern elongation, the greatest apparent distance from the sun along its orbital path through ... rises in New York, Jupiter appears (rising ...

Shaping a lens allowed for fine control over the path of the light that enters the ... and to spot the moons of distant Jupiter that now bear his name. Night after night, he gazed into the sky ...

After high offshore winds and waves along Dragon Endeavour's flight path prompted crews to postpone ... from Cape Canaveral ...