The solar system holds extraordinary wonders, from Voyager 1’s historic journey into interstellar space after traveling ...

Curiosity Point 1: A catastrophic event turned Venus into a hellish world?

Astronomers have discovered what they think may be another moon orbiting a distant dwarf planet called Quaoar. This small, ...

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

It’s been nearly 2 centuries since a planet was discovered in the solar system. But now scientists think they’ve uncovered evidence of a newcomer that just might usurp that honor from Neptune.

Early Earth lacked life’s essentials until a collision with Theia added them. This chance event made life possible. After the ...

3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object currently zipping through the solar system, is capturing the attention of astronomers, the public and even most of our deep space assets. Its hyperbolic orbit tells us ...

Can you imagine? Jupiter is the big brother among the planets in the solar system, with a massive size and a mass that is 2.5 times the total mass of all other planets in the solar system combined.

Astronomers are researching an Earth-like exoplanet that could contain water, according to NASA. The exoplanet, named ...

Lasers aren't just useful for entertaining cats or pointing out features of PowerPoint slides. They can also drill holes on ...

That raises the possibility that the TRAPPIST-1e exoplanet could also have liquid water and therefore support life.

The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of calm, pancake-shaped structures of dust and gas, astronomers have now ...