Could the icy moons of our solar system hold life beyond our planet? Keith Cooper looks at how planetary scientists plan to find out ...

Jupiter reaches opposition, making it brighter and larger than at any other time this year. A rare transit of its moon ...

On Dec. 28, 2000, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft discovered auroras on Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon. Galileo launched in 1989 on a mission to study Jupiter and its moons. It also flew by Venus and ...

Strange cosmic objects spotted by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are presently puzzling astronomers. The odd ...

That's exactly what was seen in a recent image from NASA's and the European Space Agency 's (ESA) Hubble Space Telescope, as ...

If you’ve ever had the very specific desire to rack up credits by betting on the lifespans of digitally simulated alien babies, now you can. The Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator game offers ...

A Canadian-led team of researchers has discovered a 'baby' galaxy cluster in the early universe surrounded by gas far hotter ...

It's exactly one year since a human-made spacecraft made the closest approach to the Sun in history. Called the Parker Solar Probe, the piece of technology came within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million ...

An alien comet, a Martian volcano, a man’s fall from the sun and a groundbreaking telescope’s first images: Here are the most jaw-dropping space photos of 2025. When you purchase through links on our ...

An Elkridge couple welcomed Howard County’s first baby born in 2026 on New Year’s Day, a feeling they described as “surreal.” Layla Grace Langley, the first-born daughter of Courtney and Daniel ...

Sarah and Stephen Winkler of West Friendship welcomed their first-born son at 4:19 am on New Year’s Day. Hudson Oakley Winkler is Carroll County’s first baby born this year. Weighing in at 6 pounds, 9 ...