Born Feb. 4, 1906, Clyde Tombaugh grew up on farms in Illinois and Kansas. Tombaugh couldn't afford to attend college – ...

Find out what's up in your night sky during February 2026 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

New infrared observations reveal that the rare interstellar visitor known as comet 3I/ATLAS has dramatically brightened ...

The moon greets Jupiter two days ahead of its full moon phase on Feb. 1.

The gas giant’s shape and size, previously known only from data collected more than 45 years ago, have been updated at last.

New data from NASA's Juno orbiter reveals Jupiter is slightly smaller and more 'squashed' than scientists previously thought.

Because it's bigger, Jupiter ought to have larger, more spectacular rings than Saturn has. But new UC Riverside research shows Jupiter's massive moons prevent that vision from lighting up the night ...

The Pandora satellite provides career training grounds while observing exoplanets.

New photos show off NASA's newly constructed Roman Space Telescope, which will soon help researchers unravel the mysteries of the cosmos. Experts have also revealed when the next-gen spacecraft is set ...

Spectacular clouds swirl across the surface of Jupiter. These clouds contain water, just like Earth’s, but are much denser on the gas giant—so thick that no spacecraft has been able to measure exactly ...

On Jan. 11, 2026, I watched anxiously at the tightly controlled Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as an awe-inspiring SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA's new exoplanet telescope, Pandora, ...

The James Webb telescope's search for habitable exoplanets is getting a big boost from its new star-watching companion, Pandora. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...