Re-creation of moon views seen by Apollo 13 astronauts 50 years ago, on their somber passage around the moon's far side.

Computer simulations confirm that 'Oumuamua - an object from another star system that sped near our sun in 2017 - likely formed via a close encounter with its star. 'Oumuamua may have originated in a debris disk, they said, or even a shattered super-Earth.

Using data from both Spitzer and ground-based telescopes, scientists have been able to measure the speed of winds on a brown dwarf for the first time ever.

2020 has been an exciting year so far for SETI - the search for extraterrestrial life - in terms of new technological developments and strategies.

A new study of unusual ripples on Pluto's far side add to the evidence for a subsurface ocean on this distant and cold dwarf planet.

The European-Japanese Mercury mission, BepiColombo, completed its first flyby last night, sweeping near Earth. The gravity assist fine-tuned the craft's trajectory. BepiColombo's images during the flyby show Earth shining in darkness.

BepiColombo - a joint mission of Europe and Japan - successfully passed Earth last night and is now headed toward the innermost part of the solar system. Here are some questions about our sun's innermost planet, Mercury, the spacecraft is expected to answer.

BepiColombo is a spacecraft on a roundabout journey to Mercury. It'll sweep near Earth tonight, using Earth as a gravity slingshot to send it hurtling toward the inner solar system. For most of us, BepiColombo will pass unseen. But people with telescopes might spot it! Charts and more here.

Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) has been fainter during the last few nights. It's possible it's disintegrating (as comets sometimes do). Details here.

As unlikely as it may sound, Mercury may have once been able to support subsurface microscopic life, according to a new study from the Planetary Science Institute.