While our solar system is a fascinating place on its own, exoplanets are even more of a mystery. And one exoplanet in particular is something quite new.
Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision.
Scientists discovered tiny jets on the Sun that power both fast and slow solar wind. These jets eject particles and shape ...
On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale ...
Researchers believe they have rediscovered a mysterious star system first spotted in 2011. If true, the alien sun and its ...
offering insights that could reshape our understanding of the Earth-Moon system and the broader solar system. The ...
The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...
Gaining insight could help understand the timing and process of life's emergence. A research team led by a Rutgers-New ...
Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...
Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.
Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA), and its Submillimeter Array (SMA), were critical for identifying a cache of belts surrounding other stars beyond the sun where comets may reside. Regions around 74 stars ...
Scientists say they expect the asteroid's future trajectory and impact probability to change as astronomers collect and ...