NASA’s IMAP mission, led by Princeton University’s David McComas, will study the heliosphere — the invisible electromagnetic ...

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

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 ...

There is a direct link between Earth's crust formation and meteorite impacts influenced by the Milky Way's structure, as ...

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

Astronomers have identified a tiny quasi-moon, 2025 PN7, orbiting near Earth for about 60 years. This 62-foot-wide near-Earth ...

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 ...

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

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