In the hunt for exoplanets, many seek out habitable worlds. There's comfort in discovering planets that remind us of ...

China's space agency says it has launched a spacecraft that promises to return samples from a pair of asteroids near Mars and yield “groundbreaking discoveries and expand humanity’s knowledge ...

The mystery object, known as ASKAP J1832- 0911, is located within the Milky Way about 15,000 light-years away from Earth.

A team of international astronomers have discovered a new cosmic object emitting both radio waves and x-rays. Astronomers from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), in ...

Scientists are intrigued after spotting a highly unusual celestial object lurking at the very edge of our solar system.

A recent study found that Jupiter was once twice the size that it is now, making it big enough to swallow up 2,000 Earths.