The samples, which were scooped up by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft during a brief yet dramatic touchdown on Bennu in 2020, ...

The eyes of every astronomer widened this year when an interstellar traveler was discovered in our solar system.

The solar system lost its ninth planet back when Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet, but research might indicate that there ...

Bennu's parent body is part of the Polana family of asteroids. A history of collisions created Bennu, and its original parent ...

Travel through time to witness some of the most remarkable episodes in our solar system's history, uncovering its ancient ...

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS has shocked astronomers with its bizarre chemistry and unusual “tail.” It contains the highest ...

Scientists have discovered that meteorites on Earth, containing tiny molten droplets called chondrules, reveal the formation of Jupiter 4.6 billion years ago.

The discovery that water existed in liquid form a billion years after the parent body of Ryugu formed came from the study of ...

Since the first discovery of planets beyond the solar system in 1995, more than 6,000 exoplanets have been identified. Many ...

The recently discovered interstellar object 3I/Atlas is set for a close flyby of Mars in October, where it can be observed by ...

Smithsonian researchers analyzed fragments of the near-Earth asteroid and discovered water-rich clays that hint at a distant ...

Astronomers have been racing to get a better look at 3I/ATLAS, a mysterious object with interstellar origins that has defied ...