Space News

The Neptune-mass planet GJ 436b has a comet-like tail and a bizarre orbit that takes it over the poles of its star --

Don't be fooled! The cosmic swirl of stars in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image may seem tranquil and unassuming, but this spiral galaxy, known as ESO 580-49, actually displays some explosive tendencies....

Collision that produced gravitational waves raises questions about the source of short gamma-ray bursts...

See captivating NASA photos of our Solar System and beyond. NASA's Top 16 Earth Images of 2016. The Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit at NASA's Johnson Space Center picks this year's top 16 photos of Earth from the I...

The brilliant stars of NGC 2264 are known as the Christmas Tree star cluster. The triangular tree shape is traced by the stars with its base at the Cone Nebula.       

Lando Calrissian almost made an appearance in "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" - but his potential role was taken by an entirely new character instead.

As millions of people on Earth celebrate Christmas with their families and friends today (Dec. 25), exchanging gifts and sharing elaborate meals, astronauts at the International Space Station (ISS) will do much of the sa...

Six Expedition 54 crew members will spend Christmas orbiting Earth sharing a traditional meal and opening goodies delivered on recent cargo missions to the International Space Station. Veteran crew member Anton Shkaplero...