American Frank Rubio sets NASA record with trio stuck aboard the ISS for 191 days more than intended due to damaged return capsule

In NASA's infrared picture, planet appears dark because sunlight is absorbed by atmosphere's methane, while icy rings shine

US space agency starts week with animation comparing sizes of objects in Solar System with the massive stars, posts images of galaxies hosting mysterious giants

Israeli Astronomical Association says bolide visible over country's center and north for several seconds; unclear if any pieces survived fiery descent

WR-124, star 30 times as massive as our sun, photographed shedding dust and gas into space in its final throes before expected explosion

Scientists thought it was an error when they saw super bright dots, indicating fully mature galaxies just 600 million years after Big Bang, suggesting previously unknown fast track

Spectacular astronomical event sees all eight plants only 1.5 degrees apart Wednesday and will reach conjunction, their closest point, on Thursday night

'Ejections from stars that are still forming' seen in image of gigantic gold, copper and brown columns in the midst of the cosmos, 6,500 light years from Earth

Scientists believe it came from event that occurred 2.4 billion light years from Earth; flash impacted long wave radio communications in Earth's ionosphere

Space agency says it successfully changed object's orbit in test last month, exceeding expectations in a proof-of-concept for future threats to life on Earth