SpaceX launched the private Fram2 mission Monday (March 31), sending a crew of four spaceflight rookies into an orbit never ...

Planetary alignments have always been a fascinating subject, both for scientists and astrology enthusiasts alike. The idea ...

The private Fram2 mission is launching later today, sending a crew of amateurs to an unprecedented polar orbit—a frontier ...

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

SpaceX chalked up another human spaceflight Monday night, taking four civilians on a trip around the Earth that has never ...

An analysis of two decades of data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided fresh insights into the complex ...

A new study challenges traditional models of how planets form. A new analysis of existing data suggests that exoplanets with masses comparable to Jupiter may have formed significantly earlier than ...

Chun Wang, a Chinese-born crypto entrepreneur, paid an undisclosed amount for the mission. Some satellites are already in polar orbit, and researchers called it a routine flight.

Ellipses are defined as curves that surround two focal points. At any point on the ellipse, the sum of the distance to both ...

Young, close-orbiting exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes may form farther from their stars and migrate inward or lose their ...