Elizabeth Howell

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower may generate as many as 50 shooting stars an hour during its peak on Thursday (May 5), weather permitting.

The moon will point the way to the usually elusive Mercury tonight (May 2).

A new study finds that dry ice flows closer to 100 times faster than water ice in the thin atmospheres on Mars, when on high slopes.

The rare partial solar eclipse stunned skywatchers on Apirl 30. Here's a look at their images.

The view from the iconic Millennium Falcon of "Star Wars" during hyperdrive maneuvers would be far different than what science fiction portrays, scientists say.

Scientists with the United Arab Emirates' Mars mission have spotted a 'worm-like' aurora stretching halfway across the Red Planet.

The newly arrived Crew-4 astronauts on the International Space Station are ready to begin a six-month stay in space after a smooth SpaceX trip this week.

The astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-4 mission are enjoying their Freedom spacecraft, the newest of SpaceX's fleet.

It will be visible across parts of Antarctica, the southern tip of South America, and the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

A stunning SpaceX launch shot shows heavy traffic at two Florida spaceports last week.

Here are the best space and science fiction movies and TV shows to watch on Disney Plus in May.

Scratches and grooves on the Martian surface look like a huge 'fingernail' was gouging out regolith on the Red Planet, but there's a volcanic origin to these features.

The Milky Way serves as a celestial pathway between two telescopes in a stunning image from Chile's Atacama Desert.

NASA's SOFIA flying observatory will lift off for the final time later this year.

A rare Black Moon new moon will occur during 2022's first solar eclipse ahead of Eid and just after a big Venus-Jupiter meetup.

All four of Webb's instruments now capture "crisp, well-focused images" of celestial objects, NASA says.

NASA's Psyche is scheduled to launch in August to journey to a metal asteroid.

Earth's planet-scale observatory network, best known for creating the first-ever image of a black hole, is ready to report new results about the center of our Milky Way galaxy.

China is planning a kinetic asteroid defense mission no earlier than 2025 as part of a larger set of planetary shielding planning initiatives.

NASA's new X-59 supersonic jet arrived at Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works facility for assembly ahead of a flight test this year.

Boeing is finally ready to test its Starliner again in space, with an uncrewed launch set for May 19.

As Artemis astronauts walk on the moon, these NASA backpacks will chronicle lunar features in context.