Elizabeth Howell

Could Mercury's close orbit to the sun help the planet generate ice? This sounds like a paradox, but a new study shows how it could happen.

Freeman Dyson may be gone, but his famous alien-hunting idea will likely persist far into the future.

Aerojet Rocketdyne will develop "enabling technologies" for DARPA's Glide Breaker program under a newly announced contract, which is worth up to $19.6 million.

Three lunar missions, commercial spaceflight milestones, the first all-woman spacewalk — 2019 was a busy year in space for public and private entities alike.

What is it about the "Star Wars" franchise that gives it staying power throughout a generation and a half of change?

NASA's wish to follow the water on Mars just got a helping hand.

A Russian Soyuz rocket launched a top-secret military satellite designed to scope out other satellites in space on Monday (Nov. 25), according to government reports.

The tiny planet Mercury scooted across the sun's face today (Nov. 11) for the last time until 2032, and skywatchers around the world had the chance to witness the rare celestial event.

The Mercury transit on Nov. 11 will be accessible to amateur astronomers, as long as they have the right equipment to view it safely.

Gusting winds in northern California are helping the spread of the Kincade fire, as shown in a new animation from NASA.

Our home galaxy stole several dwarf galaxies that used to belong to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a galaxy near the Milky Way.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine wants answers.

One of the year's brightest meteor showers is about to take flight. If you face cloudy or light-polluted skies at home, however, never fear — the Perseids will also be streamed online.

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (D-VT) says he's prepared to disclose government information about UFOs if he wins in 2020.

The Apollo 11 sculptures took more than 2,200 pounds of butter to create.

Japanese satellite shows where the ground was broken up and even sliced open during the twin earthquakes near Ridgecrest.

Mars got whacked.

It looks like Starfleet is literally embedded on the planet next door.

A powerful superflare could disrupt electronics across the globe, causing widespread blackouts.

A sharp-eyed NASA spacecraft spotted the probable remains of an Israeli spacecraft that crash-landed on the moon last month.

Science popularizer Bill Nye told viewers of a popular late-night show that Earth is "on [expletive] fire" while lighting a globe with a blowtorch.

And they could be just the thing to explore worlds beyond Earth.

A new image from the venerable Hubble Space Telescope shows what happens when two galaxies collide — an experience our own Milky Way will have in a few billion years.

With research on extraterrestrial life continuing across the world, a noted researcher from the SETI Institute launched a new tool to help researchers keep track of results.