Seventy percent of meteorites that hit Earth today can be traced back to only three families of asteroids a finding that overturns decades of hypotheses regarding the randomness of cosmic rubble and ...

Once a star reaches the end of its life stage and becomes a red giant, any chance for life is extinguished. This is also true ...

Solar sails represent one of the most elegant concepts in space exploration: using sunlight itself to propel spacecraft ...

The Earth enters the solar system, where life turned out to be better than on Earth. The moon is trying to choose a new earth ...

NASA's discoveries reveal water's prevalence beyond Earth, from subsurface oceans on moons to vapor in exoplanet atmospheres.

Researchers believe that 2017 OF201s highly eccentric orbit points to a chaotic origin, possibly caused by a gravitational ...

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse ...

An intense solar eruption recently triggered a rare "severe geomagnetic storm" alert for Earth, with the U.S. Naval Research ...

Discover interesting facts about the sun, the solar system's central star that supports all life on Earth.

New James Webb Space Telescope data reveal Pluto's high-altitude haze is a key driver of the climate on the dwarf planet, ...

Astronomers anticipate an unprecedented view of the solar system as the Rubin Observatory begins to scan millions of hidden ...

The robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the first images ever taken of our sun's two poles as scientists seek a ...