In the bigger picture, "down" could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.
The team said they plan to do further studies to find out what exactly this iron bar is, where it came from and what it ...
A company called Reflect Orbital wants to illuminate the Earth after sunset with orbital sky mirrors, raising alarm bells.
Every year in early January, Earth reaches the closest point in its orbit to the Sun, a moment astronomers call perihelion.
At 4:56 a.m. EST (0956 GMT) on Feb. 17, the moon will begin to turn the sun into an impressive "ring of fire" during an ...
Astronaut Jeremy Hansen is set to make history as the first Canadian to fly around the moon. The Canadian Space Agency is hoping this “once-in-a-generation” event is ...
A Mars spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, has been AWOL. But NASA hasn't given up hope of restoring contact ...
Japan’s Akatsuki mission officially ended in September 2025 after more than a decade of operations and a final year of ...
On Feb. 17, 2026, a rare “ring of fire” annular solar eclipse will be visible for 2 minutes over Antarctica, with a partial ...