A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides an explanation for ...

I/ATLAS is a fast, ancient interstellar object. Its odd features fuel both scientific study and speculation. On July 1, ...

A n asteroid the size of a skyscraper is approaching Earth at a sprightly 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to ...

Who hasn't looked into the sky and wondered if there's life out there, somewhere, looking back at us? Is it possible there's ...

Since its discovery, astronomers have been frantically trying to gather as much information as they can about the newest interstellar interloper dubbed 3I/ATLAS. It's been challenging, but they've ...

For the first time, astronomers have directly measured a solar-system-size corona around a distant supermassive black hole, ...

While its star projector leaves a lot to be desired, the Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector is a fantastic educational tool for kids, with its solar system model, complete with talking ...

The third interstellar object ever observed is in our neighborhood—for now. And, asteroid Bennu could contain dust from ...

A high-precision time measurement system based on the radioactive decay of manganese-53 was used to determine the precise age ...

One of the worlds in the TRAPPIST-1 system, a mere 40 light-years away, just might be clad in a life-supporting atmosphere.

X-ray scans reveal rare chemical signatures in asteroid grains that hint at water, organics and the building blocks of life.

A violent solar eruption on May 31 launched a coronal mass ejection (CME) hurtling toward Earth, triggering a rare G4-level geomagnetic storm alert. Captured in real-time by U.S. Naval Research ...