Astronomers measure the speed at which the solar system is hurtling through space by mapping surrounding galaxies and ...

Astronomers have discovered our solar system occupies a rare "safety zone" in the Milky Way, perfectly positioned between the ...

The Milky Way contains more than 100 billion stars, each following its own evolutionary path through birth, life, and ...

NASA released new images of 3I/ATLAS, the third comet ever to be discovered in Earth's cosmic neighborhood originating from ...

A new pre-print paper suggests that our latest interstellar visitor, comet 3I/ATLAS, may be headed for one final close encounter before it departs our Solar System in 2026. The paper, which focuses on ...

"Our analysis shows that the Solar System is moving more than three times faster than current models predict," lead author ...

New research shows that Theia, the planet that collided with Earth and formed the Moon, was a rocky world born closer to the ...

With the government reopened, the space agency at last released pictures captured by a fleet of government spacecraft of an ...

A University of Arizona-led team has used a camera orbiting Mars to capture the closest images yet of a rare interstellar ...

Potential impactors are most likely to have low velocities and the highest likelihood of hitting Earth during the winter.

Major space missions in 2025 are reshaping exploration. Here's a detailed look at key NASA missions, global projects, and the ...