LOS ANGELES -- The United States on Monday launched the world's first human spaceflight mission over the Earth's polar ...

Auroras occur when energetic particles, often from the sun, are caught in a planet's magnetic field and collide with the ...

The sounding rockets released vapor tracers and pressure sensors at different altitudes across central and northern Alaska ...

The private Fram2 mission is launching later today, sending a crew of amateurs to an unprecedented polar orbit—a frontier ...

The international all-civilian Fram2 crew is the first in space history to fly to orbit with no licensed pilot or trained ...

The eerie glow of Neptune's aurora has been revealed for the first time in new images collected by NASA’s James Webb Space ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured Neptune’s auroras, offering a fresh look at its atmospheric activity.

Astronomers used ALMA to observe Proxima Centauri and found frequent, intense flares that could destroy atmospheres of nearby ...

In contrast, the Fram2 mission's 90-degree inclination means it will pass directly over both the North and South Poles. This ...

In a study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature Astronomy, scientists say unique auroras are visible on either side ...

Here’s everything you need to know about astrophotography in April 2025: ...