All around, today, April 8, was a great day for the future of space exploration. SpaceX successfully restarted their critical cargo flights for NASA to stock the International Space Station (ISS) with essential supplies and groundbreaking science experiments, while the innovative firm also successfully landed the first stage of their Falcon 9 rocket on a barge at sea.

Earlier today, private aerospace company SpaceX achieved a major milestone by successfully landing a Falcon 9 rocket at sea

Water ice in a disk surrounding a star might seem out of place, but the ice might be essential to the formation of gaseous planets.

The Electron Cloud Model was of the greatest contributions of the 20th century, leading to a revolution in physics and quantum theory

The SpaceX Dragon is set for its 'Return to Flight' mission on Friday, April 8, packed with nearly 7000 pounds (3100 kg) of critical cargo and research experiments bound for the six-man crew working aboard the International Space Station.

A supermassive black hole of 17 billion solar masses has been found in an isolated region of space. How did such a large object form in a relatively sparse area?

Venus and Earth share many characteristics, being terrestrial planets, but are also significantly different. Here's how and where they differ...

The Moon occults the bright star Aldebaran on the evening of April 10th for North America, and, for a lucky few a few days earlier, asteroid 4 Vesta as well.

Five time space shuttle astronaut and current NASA science chief John Grunsfeld - best known as the 'Hubble Hugger' for three critical and dramatic servicing and upgrade missions to the iconic Hubble Space Telescope - his decided to retire from the space agency he faithfully served since being selected as an astronaut in 1992.

New Horizons collected 3 years of data during it's mission to Pluto and beyond, and that data is telling us a lot about the solar wind.

Small perturbations in the orbit of the Cassini probe provide further evidence for the existence of Planet Nine.

We're focused on Mars and Pluto, but what about Jupiter? Doesn't the biggest planet in the Solar System deserve a little love? How long does it take spacecraft to reach Jupiter?

Using data provided by NASA's GRAIL mission, researchers from Purdue University have found more evidence of buried lava tubes on the Moon

It's time to whip out your 3-D glasses to enjoy and scrutinize the remarkable detail of spectacular terrain revealed in a new high resolution stereo image of Pluto - King of the Kuiper Belt! - taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.

Researchers from York University explain how old data from the Huygen's probe has confirmed that methane fog exists on Titan's south pole

Located in the equatorial constellation Ophiuchus, M10 is one of the brighter globular clusters in the night sky, and the brightest in this constellation