Samantha Mathewson

One of the farthest active comets ever spotted makes its closest approach to Earth on July 14, 2022 and here's how you can catch the action live.

A Blood Moon total lunar eclipse will occur this weekend, and here's when to watch it.

NASA's Juno spacecraft beamed back stunning new photos of Jupiter's moons, Io and Europa.

Large galaxies may steal dark matter from smaller galaxies they nearly collide with, new research suggests.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster will crash into the moon on March 4, and you can track the rogue rocket during live webcasts on Feb. 7 and Feb.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has reached a major milestone: one billion seconds in the final frontier.

From the debut of new launch vehicles to missions to the moon, Mars, asteroids and much more, a lot of exciting missions are expected to launch or arrive at their destination in 2022.

An extraordinary galactic jet ejected from a supermassive black hole boasts a corkscrew-like helical structure, new ground-based telescope views reveal.

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning view of the Prawn Nebula floating through deep space.

China launched two missions on Monday within only a few hours of each other, and one has been declared lost.

New satellite images of an active volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma capture vivid streams of lava pouring down the coastal mountain range and nearing the Atlantic Ocean.

Satellite images capture aerial views of an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida's landfall on Aug. 29.

Recent telescope views shed new light on the sun's elusive middle corona that could prove beneficial to space weather forecasts.

On July 5, 2021, Earth will be at the farthest point in its orbit around the sun, also known as aphelion.

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity posed for a selfie in front of a beautiful Martian rock outcrop called "Mont Mercou" after probing the area for clues about the Red Planet's past.

Skywatchers in southern South America were treated to a total solar eclipse on Monday (Dec. 14), and a weather satellite captured stunning views of the event from space.

Scientists have discovered a cold, faint "super-planet" that has remained elusive to traditional infrared survey methods.

A bright green meteor streaked across the southern coast of Tasmania, Australia, and researchers caught the fireball on camera as it broke up over the ocean.

Scientists have uncovered new evidence of the mysterious fluorescent debris that makes up the Blue Ring Nebula.

NASA's OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft will "TAG" asteroid Bennu Tuesday (Oct. 20) and collect a sample for return to Earth.

NASA powered up its Mars helicopter Ingenuity for the first time on Aug. 7 and tested the little craft's electronics.

The red supergiant star Betelgeuse is nearing the end of its life, and researchers are preparing for what it will look like when the star dies in a fiery explosion called a supernova.

The Taal volcano eruption in the Philippines this week sent ash plumes 9 miles (14 kilometers) into the air, new satellite imagery shows.

Despite the apparent shrinkage of clouds in Jupiter's Great Red Spot, the storm itself is still going strong, new research suggests.

Astronauts on the International Space Station will begin testing an innovative algae-powered bioreactor to assess its feasibility for future long-duration space missions.