Magnetic vortices twisting down from Jupiter's ionosphere into its deep atmosphere cause giant, ultraviolet-absorbing polar ...

The Kharkovchanka: a mobile fortress that braved the icy extremes of Antarctica. Built by the USSR to outdo American efforts, ...

The hatch between the Russian side and U.S. side of the ISS is usually closed these days. For the past five years, there has ...

While Jupiter's Great Red Spot has been a constant feature of the planet for centuries, University of California, Berkeley, ...

The European Space Agency last week released four stunning high-res images that show the sun in all its fiery glory.

A SpaceX rocket launch created unique clouds that could be seen from hundreds of miles away with good viewing conditions.

The most energetic cosmic rays are accelerated in extremely energetic events, like around supermassive black holes. But those ...

Jupiter’s immense size–about 1,000 Earths could fit inside of it–and its swirling and jiggly Great Red Spot typically get ...

Outer space, once considered boundless and untouched, faces the threat of pollution resulting from our expanding presence beyond Earth. While the u ...

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk have made scathing comments about each other online.

The space station’s crew includes Roscosmos’ Aleksandr Gorbunov, Ivan Vagner and Alexey Ovchinin. NASA’s Pettit, Nick Hague, ...