Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third ISO ever detected. It was discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) ...

The latest research on asteroid Bennu has revealed its heterogeneous origin and a parent world with flowing water, adding to the evidence that this small and somewhat dangerous rock is extremely ...

A mysterious object from interstellar space is screaming through our solar system right now, and is expected to rip past Mars ...

Scientists from the Southwest Research Institute have found strong evidence that near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu share a common origin with Polana, a much larger asteroid in the main belt. By ...

Object 3I/ATLAS is now too far from Earth to aim a telescope at, but prior observations showed some unusual behavior. The anomalous nature of the object led astrophysicist Avi Loeb to apply a thought ...

NASA's Voyager 1 launched 48 years ago in September 1977 on a decades-spanning journey to study the cosmos and search for extraterrestrial life.

Astronomers have identified an interstellar comet entering our solar system, sparking excitement and intrigue within the scientific community. This rare event offers a unique opportunity to study an ...

Aliens may have been closer to Earth than first thought. New research from NASA reveals that Ceres, the dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, harbored the right conditions to ...

Smithsonian researchers analyzed fragments of the near-Earth asteroid and discovered water-rich clays that hint at a distant origin Jack Tamisiea A view of the outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample ...

Boffins have discovered an ‘interstellar tunnel’ connecting the Solar System to distant stars. They believe it could be part of network of tunnels running between different star-forming regions - like ...

The European Southern Observatory said the discovery as "the first clear detection of a baby planet in a disc with multiple rings" Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She ...

The U.S. planetary science community is sounding the alarm about plans to discard a nuclear technology that has powered dozens of NASA missions over the past 50 years But RPS is expensive, costing ...