The discovery of the exoplanet, a super-Earth called Kepler-735c, is all down to something called transit timing variations, ...

SpaceX launched another 26 of its Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit Sunday amid foggy conditions at Vandenberg Space ...

The number of satellites orbiting Earth is rising fast, thanks to private companies such as SpaceX. But just how big will ...

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

Kepler-725c is roughly 2,472 light years from Earth, circling a G9V star in about 207.5 days. Its path brings it into a ...

Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine malfunction.

SCIENTISTS have stumbled across a new Super-Earth that orbits inside its star’s habitable zone with a new alien-hunting tool.

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.

"Are we alone?" This ancient question has occupied humanity's mind for a long time. In 1995, the discovery of the first ...

In a major milestone for China’s space exploration program, the Tianwen 2 spacecraft has transmitted its first photo from ...

One newly unveiled key element is the "Transporter," a vehicle that can be launched on a single Blue Origin New Glenn rocket ...

Tianwen, which means "questions to heaven," is the name given to China's program of robotic Solar System exploration. Tianwen ...