Nola Taylor Tillman

The strong material found in stadium roofs across the globe originated in Apollo spacesuits.

The newest snowman-like image of Ultima Thule (2014 MU69), a pristine object from the dawn of the solar system, is already revealing insights into how planets form.

Only moments before New Horizons flew by the most distant solar system object ever visited, astrophysicist and Queen guitarist Brian May released his new single based on the mission.

The latest New Horizons image of the Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule reveals its elongated shape.

As 2018 draws to a close, one group of people plans to celebrate something far more unusual — a flyby of Ultima Thule, the most distant solar system object ever explored. Here's what to expect.

From missions to mysterious radio bursts, 2018 has proved a remarkable year in space science.

Gas and dust disks around young stars reveal features that suggest planets are off to an early start.

A world tightly circling a pair of stars could cling to its moon, providing potential regions for life to evolve.

A spacecraft orbiting the dwarf planet could use Pluto's moon Charon to make important orbital changes.

In less than 10 weeks, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will explore the most distant target ever visited by a spacecraft. Mission team members don't know what to expect — and that's part of the fun.

The geological hotspots that surround geysers throughout the solar system are mysteriously absent on Jupiter's ocean-harboring moon Europa.

Whether Mercury formed from a single collision or multiple impacts, the iron-rich planet is probably a rare breed.

The first orphan gamma-ray burst reveals what happens after the merger of two massive stars.

The discovery of a potential exomoon could be the first step in finding worlds like "Avatar's" moon Pandora or "Star Wars'" forest moon of Endor.

Take a walk through Lockheed Martin's proposed habitat for NASA's moon-orbiting space station, which the agency plans to start building in 2022.

The TRAPPIST-1 system boasts seven rocky worlds in the habitable zone of their star. New research reveals that these worlds may be rich in volatiles such as water, as well.

In its first hundred million years, Mars could have started off close to Venus, before gravitational interactions moved it out to its present position.