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

While mapping the nearby universe, astronomers discovered the largest-known structure in the universe, about 425 million to ...

"We are the first mission to be able to track space weather events in three dimensions routinely across the solar system." ...

Scientists have officially given a name to the largest solar structure in the known universe. Astronomers have found the ...

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

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision. But their proximity also offers ample opportunities to learn more about the ...

A chance to unpick the secrets of the dawn of the universe could be threatened by private companies mining on the Moon, a ...

“By detecting the region outside of our solar system, by detecting actual galactic matter, we can start to unravel a whole ...

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.

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

Cosmic rays coming from outside the Solar System bring these particles closer to the Sun, where they experience changes ...