Located about 28,000 light years away in the northern constellation of Gemini is the large open star cluster known as Messier 35.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - After a six year lull NASA's historic pad 39A roared back to business this morning with the dramatic maiden blastoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, on a critical cargo delivery mission for NASA to the space station - while simultaneously landing the first stage back on the ground at the Cape on a secondary mission aimed at one day propelling humans to Mars.

After months of review, Juno's mission scientists have chosen not to attempt an engine burn that will reduce its orbital period.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Just hours before blastoff, the first ever SpaceX Falcon 9 set to soar to the space station from historic pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC), the rocket went vertical below delightfully dark skies on the Florida Space Coast.

Curving wriggles seen in sand dunes on Earth and formed by the recent ebb and flow of water have just been found on Mars.

A new study by an international team of scientists uses data provided by the Dawn probe to show that conditions favorable to life could exist on Ceres

Data collected over decades proves that Earth has another continent: Zealandia.

The Big Bang Theory predicts three times as much lithium as observed. Where are the scientists hiding our lithium?

Much like Jupiter, Saturn is known for having some pretty extreme weather, owing to its turbulent atmosphere and rapid rotation

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - In a potentially major change in direction for NASA's human spaceflight architecture, the agency is officially studying the possibility of adding a crew of astronauts to the first flight of the Orion deep space crew capsule and the heavy lift Space Launch System (SLS) rocket currently in development, announced Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot.

Watch Comet 45P pirouette end over end in this detailed radar view of the comet's nucleus.

With the successful launch of 104 satellites, the Indian National Space Organization has set a new record for the number of satellites deployed in a single mission.

Owing to its rapid orbital period, a year on Mercury lasts about 88 days, which means a year is only half as long as a single day

The Trump administration is considering a plan to extend the Hubble's life in case the James Webb Space Telescope fails.