Discover Our Solar System Through Detailed 3D Models Forget dusty textbooks and flat diagrams. We’re talking about ...

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 ...

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 ...

A visitor from beyond the stars has caught NASA’s eye. The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, observed between 7 and 15 August, is offering astronomers a rare chance to study material from outside our solar ...

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Solar flares are a great reminder of our sun’s truly immense power ...

The search for aliens has led astronomers to scour the farthest reaches of the cosmos for signs of life. But a new study suggests that we might not need to look so far from home. According to NASA ...

Around 4.6 billion years ago, vast clouds of dust began to accumulate to form the solar system. Ancient asteroids such as Bennu contain the remnants of this formative moment, allowing scientists to ...

A team of scientists at the Southwest Research Institute, using photography commissioned from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, have discovered a previously unknown moon in our solar system that's in ...