Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

In a rare "time-critical" decision, the James Webb Space Telescope will study the true size of the "potentially hazardous" ...

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

A star system has been discovered to be moving at an estimated 1.2 million miles per hour, making it possibly the fastest moving solar system in our galaxy.

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

Helium can help scientists detect the speed and direction at which we’re moving through space. Deuterium, which is left over ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved ... pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of Mars eventually ...

Scheduled to launch on Feb. 27, NASA's PUNCH mission could revolutionize space weather forecasts, unify the solar corona and ...

Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, ...

The organic ingredients to life, hints to where Earth’s water came from, and the fundamental building blocks of our planet ...