A probe from the European Space Agency is making its final descent toward Mars and is due to land on Wednesday ...

Unlikely dust clouds have been detected in the Martian atmosphere. ...

At a Glance The European Space Agency's Schiaparelli lander is set for its landing on Mars. The next phase of the mission is to send a rover to the Red Planet in 2020. After dispatching its experimental Schiaparelli lander Sunday, scientists with the European Space Agency are closely monitoring the spacecraft during the last leg of its journey to Mars. The lander is on a controlled descent to the Red Planet’s surface, where it is expected to land Wednesday, according...

Astronomers have come across what appears to be two undiscovered moons lurking near the icy planet Uranus. After re-examining data captured by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986, scientists say , according to Science Alert. The image above is a view of Uranus recorded by Voyager 2 on January 25, 1986, as the spacecraft left the planet behind and set forth on the cruise to Neptune. (NASA/JPL) At a Glance After reviewing images of Uranus from 1986, scientists believe the...

Researchers led by Mark Weislogel at Portland State University studied water in low gravity environments, finding that it tends to form larger droplets. ...

At a Glance The annual Orionid meteor shower returns to the skies until Nov. 7. This year, the moon may cause a visibility issue for the phenomenon. With the arrival of fall, the Orionid meteor shower spawned by Halley’s Comet is preparing to make its comeback. One of the most reliable annual display of shooting stars, the phenomenon will be facing a hangup this year. According to Space.com, when the meteor shower reaches its peak Friday morning, , hampering the...

Researchers with the European Space Agency say the experimental Schiaparelli probe crash-landed on Mars and may have exploded when it hit the Red Planet's surface Wednesday. Photos from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show a black spot in the area where the spacecraft was meant to land. The probe was meant to test technology for a more ambitious European Mars landing in 2020, and scientists say the data it sent back before going silent will prove useful for that mission. ESA...

A curious tilt in our solar system has led researchers to believe that there may be a massive, hidden ninth planet lurking just past Neptune. by California Institute of Technology (Caltech) scientists Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown, according to a release. The planets in our solar system orbit in a flat plane, roughly within a couple degrees of each other and with respect to the sun. However, the plane rotates at a six-degree tilt that makes it seem as though...

Two images show different appearances of Saturn’s north pole area. ...

At a Glance Several Facebook pages have recently broadcast old videos of spacewalks and passed them off as brand-new.In reality, there hasn't been a single spacewalk since Sept. 1. Over the years, there has been no shortage of suggestions that space events are hoaxes, and those claims are usually disproven quickly. But a sudden rash of Facebook Live broadcasts showing spacewalks at the International Space Station didn't really happen – at least not recently –and debunkers have been hard at...

Hoaxers misrepresent old videos of spacewalks as Facebook Lives. ...

NASA’s released incredible illustration of ‘pumpkin stars’ -- which spin so fast, they squash to look like pumpkins. ...