In this interview, we talk to NASA's Scott Bolton about the Juno Mission to Jupiter.

The Solar System's planets have varied and interesting atmospheres, ranging from incredibly thin exospheres to ones that could literally crush a person.

Exactly 12 Years ago this week, NASA's now famous Spirit rover touched down on the Red Planet, starting a spectacular years long campaign of then unimaginable science adventures that ended up revolutionizing our understanding of Mars due to her totally unexpected longevity.

Have you ever wished that there was an instruction manual for life? "Success Strategies from Women in STEM" aims to be that book for women in research – a 'portable mentor' to help individual researchers find their way.

If you took a picture of the Sun every day, always at the same hour and from the same location, would the Sun appear in the same spot in the sky? This fine image, compiled by astrophotographer Giuseppe Petricca from Italy, proves the answer is no.

In 1543, Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus revolutionized astronomy by proposing his heliocentric model of the Universe

Now that SpaceX has successfully and safely demonstrated the upright recovery of their Falcon 9 booster that flew to the edge of space and back on Dec. 21 - in a historic first - the intertwined questions of how did it fare and what lies ahead for the intact first stage stands front and center.

Watch Venus pass less than five arc minutes from Saturn on Saturday, January 9th in one of the closest conjunctions of two naked eye planets in 2016. The Moon will also pay the pair a visit this week, as comet US10 Catalina hovers near naked eye visibility in the dawn. It's a great way to kick off astronomy in 2016!

Happy New Year 2016 from the International Space Station and Beyond! Behold Earth ! Courtesy of our Human and Robotic emissaries to the High Frontier we can ring in the New Year by reveling in gorgeous new views of our beautiful Home Planet taken from the space station and beyond.

There are several space stories we're anticipating for 2016 but one story might appear -- to some -- to belong in the realm of science fiction: in the coming year Elon Musk will likely reveal his plans for colonizing Mars.

NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA - Assembly and testing of a significantly upgraded version of Orbital ATK's commercially developed Antares rocket has kicked into high gear and is on target for rebirth - as the clock ticks down towards its 'Return to Flight' by approximately mid-2016 from a launch pad at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) in Virginia, company managers told Universe Today during a recent up close visit to see the actual flight hardware.

Pluto has been explored, and now the USPS has released new stamps to celebrate this accomplishment. And that's not all, more planets, the Moon and Star Trek?

The planet Mercury has no moons, but why is that the case? The reason is due to a combination of its small size, orbit, and weak gravity.

Still looking for the perfect calendar for 2016? Don't start the year without the new Year In Space Wall Calendar!

Missions to Mars, Jupiter and asteroids are on tap in 2016. Back here on Earth, we may just see the first direct detection of gravitational waves, and some serious exoplanet and SETI hunts get underway... and could 2016 become the year of the heavy lift rocket? Here's the big space stories we're watching in 2016.

Mountains are formed by geological and tectonic forces, resulting in massive formations that are amazing and awe-inspiring.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Buildup of the first of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner crew spaceships is ramping up at the company's Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) - the new spacecraft manufacturing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Gravity is a fundamental force in our universe. And on the planets in our Solar System, it is dependent on the size, mass, and density of the body.

As history closes in on 2015, assembly of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reached a historic milestone as the installation of the primary mirrors onto the telescope structure reached the halfway point to completion and marks the final assembly phase of the colossal observatory.