Why don't Saturn's rings throw a shadow onto the planet's surface, like its moons do? John GrimleyToronto, Ontario The simple ...

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Galileo precedes today’s physicists by many generations, but his work underscores the interplay of intellect and observation ...

Saturn’s rings are an arresting sight even through modest telescopes. The planet is made mostly of hydrogen and helium whereas the rings are billions of pieces of mostly bright-white water ice and ...

James Webb Space Telescope and the W.M. Keck Observatory captured new images of Saturn's moon Titan. Credit: NASA/STScI/W. M. Keck Observatory/Judy Schmidt | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta ...

"Pale Blue Dot" – one of the last photos taken by Voyager 1 – is still the most distant image of the Earth. Astronomer Carl ...

Make time soon to head outside after the sun sets and study the sky. Five of the brightest planets — Venus, Jupiter, Mars, ...

Interplanetary contamination risks from space missions and strategies to mitigate them, including the importance of ...

New images reveal the extent of the damage the USS Harry S. Truman suffered this week when it collided with a merchant vessel near Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea. The photos released Saturday by ...

Google is testing a significant visual upgrade for Google Photos thanks to bigger, more immersive Memories. According to a new report from regular Android app investigator Assemble Debug ...

“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...

Taking to Instagram, the 38-year-old entrepreneur shared two touching photos comparing ... interview, he spoke about his new book, Meet Ella: The Dog Who Saved My Life, and his new role as an ...