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.

Below its icy crust Jupiter's moon Europa is believed to host a global ocean up to a hundred miles (160 kilometers) deep, with no land to speak of at the surface. And the extraterrestrial ocean is ...

Proclus’s visionary insights into planetary satellites reveal a divine cosmic order that foreshadowed modern astronomical ...

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Jupiter conjunction on May 16th to Mercury’s evening appearance on May 22nd, this week’s sky is packed with celestial events. Watch Mars pass through the Beehive Cluster, spot Asteroid 4 Vesta, and ...

Europa Clipper is a NASA mission that aims to determine if one of Jupiter’s moons could harbor life. It just successfully tested its instruments during a flyby of Mars. E-THEMIS is an infrared camera ...