Astronomers have just discovered a new celestial body in our solar system that could challenge major space theory. 2017 OF201 ...

The robotic Tianwen-2 spacecraft will collect samples from Kamoʻoalewa, which some scientists suspect is a fragment of the moon.

China’s Tianwen-2 mission has launched to explore an asteroid that may be a piece of the moon, as well as an active asteroid ...

Simulations show that the stars’ tug could send Mercury, Venus or Mars crashing into Earth — or let Jupiter eject our world from the solar system.

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The search for extraterrestrial life has long gone back and forth between scientific curiosity, public fascination and ...

Our solar system’s origin story spans billions of years and involves clouds of gas, cosmic collisions, and planetary ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope on exoplanet K2-18b has revealed the "strongest hints yet of biological activity ...

The Chinese space program is preparing to join the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA in launching a mission to return samples from an asteroid to Earth. The Tianwen-2 probe and its ...

The best astronomy cameras open a window to the universe, revealing celestial wonders invisible to the naked eye. This buying ...

People always want to know what will happen to Earth when the sun eventually swells up as a red giant. For one thing, the ...