NASAs Perseverance rover has collected a historic rock sample dating back to the Noachian era on Mars. This discovery could ...

Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...

Dr. Jane Huang's research on planet formation in harsh environments, particularly within the Sigma Orionis cluster, offers ...

On Oct. 20, 2020, a robot spacecraft took a sample of surface dust from asteroid Bennu. On Sept. 4, 2023, as it passed by the earth en route to asteroid Apophis, it dropped off a capsule carrying that ...

Is Earth really exceptional?  A new book seems to reaffirm that notion.  But given the right conditions, primitive life may be a mere byproduct of biophysics.

The four planet-strong "planet parade" currently visible to the naked eye in the night sky for a short time after sunset will ...

The US wants to put a flag on Mars. But there’s a risk it could carry unwanted stowaways that might compromise future ...

To solve that problem, a team of German researchers at the Technical University in Berlin figured that, instead of having a ...

Four planets will be widely visible to the naked eye through part of February, but calling them a 'planetary alignment' may not be the full picture.

Does our Solar System have 9 planets or only 8? Astronomers have gone back and forth on that a lot, with Pluto now being classified as a dwarf planet. However, out beyond Neptune there could be ...

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...