The rover's 26th sample, known as "Silver Mountain," has textures "unlike anything we've seen before," NASA says.

Scientists measured a chorus wave emerging from an unexpected place, and confirmed a key piece of a theory about how these ...

U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson, the mission commander, who has a doctorate in biochemistry, is taking the necklace that she ...

New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ingredients were mingling with water almost immediately.

Within the first hour and a half hour after sunset, you can see four planets without a telescope. Mars, Jupiter, Venus, and ...

One is the cross, a connection to Orthodox Christianity. Very important to me. Another necklace resembles the tennis ball and is also symbolic of the planet. It has a symbolic connection to my ...

Starting 21 January, stargazers can witness a rare celestial event as six planets – Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune – align in the night sky. The alignment, commonly referred ...

Six planets – Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune – are currently visible in the night sky. During just one night in late February, they will be joined by Mercury, a rare seven ...

To the left of Venus, brighter than the stars but not at the same level as Venus, you'll find Saturn. The two planets will remain visible to the naked eye for about three and a half hours.

Six planets will still be possible to see in one ecliptic plane in the southern and eastern night sky, just after sunset: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. (Note: The circled planets ...