Scientists already had Psyche classified as a metallic asteroid, but new observations with the Hubble telescope reveal its rusty surface and provide scientists with a unique view into what Earth-like planets are like during their formation.

On October 29, NASA re-established contact with its Voyager 2 spacecraft, after the probe was left flying solo for 7 months while repairs were made to the radio antenna in Australia used to control it.

Hot, active volcanoes produce almost half of Jupiter's moon Io's sulfur atmosphere, according to new observations using the ALMA telescope. The rest comes from cold sulfur deposits that freeze on the surface, then sublimate in sunlight.

SpaceX Starship's many tasks may include launching humans into space, carrying satellites into orbit and — perhaps — removing troublesome pieces of space debris.

The 3rd of this year's 3 Jupiter-Pluto conjunctions is coming up on November 12, 2020. Jupiter won't have another conjunction with Pluto again until February 4, 2033. And another one this good? Not for centuries.

NASA announced that its Perseverance rover mission - which will search for evidence of ancient microbial life on Mars - has now passed the halfway mark in its journey to the planet.

"Black hole family portrait" is a fancy way of saying "new catalog." But it's a very important and exciting catalog, released October 28, 2020, by gravitational wave astronomers, containing 39 new signals from black hole or neutron star collisions.

Scientists with NASA's Juno mission say they have detected sprites or elves - electrical phenomena above thunderstorms on Earth - in the clouds of Jupiter for the first time. Unlike the red-colored earthly ones however, the Jovian ones are blue.

New work reveals the intricate relationship between so-called jellyfish galaxies, and the magnetic environment through which they move.

The search for Planet Nine - a hypothesized 9th planet in our solar system - may come down to pinpointing the faintest orbital trails in an incredibly dark corner of space.