Bring up the former planet Pluto in conversation and you’re guaranteed to be met with a strong opinion. In one camp are those ...

The post Scientists Might Just Have Discovered Another Dwarf Planet Sibling For Pluto first on TwistedSifter. In 2006, Ceres – located in our solar system’s main asteroid belt – was officially ...

With summer beginning to wane and the fall semester approaching, the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium is moving into high gear with 26 different events during August.

What did NASA’s New Horizons find when it reached Pluto? The results shocked astronomers: Pluto wasn’t a lifeless rock - it ...

Stargazing is a peaceful and rewarding activity that's worth adding to your bucket list. Here are the best places to stargaze ...

Visible on the planet itself is a dark patch near the top, marking the frigid northern polar cap, where temperatures dip to ...

NASA astronaut, Donald Pettit, has gained a distinguished reputation for his show-stopping photography from the International ...

The Solar Dynamics Observatory saw a lunar transit and an Earth eclipse on July 25 — the first when the moon passed between ...

Military projects seem to be the most promising vehicles for getting commercial space ventures off the ground, Seattle-area ...

Outer space is my Roman Empire: I am on some level obsessing about it whenever I have a free moment. I will devour true ...

Looking at dunes and other rock formations on both Earth and Mars can tell scientists the environmental conditions that created them ...

An astronaut has shared a jaw-dropping gallery of pictures taken in space. NASA's Don Pettit has gained a distinguished ...