Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

The solar system is portrayed as a dynamic, gossip-fueled family, with each planet offering snide comments about one another, ...

The four-planet lineup that began in January concludes by mid- to late February, as Saturn sinks increasingly lower in the ...

A French astrophotographer recently snapped shots of the moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in a single ...

In a humorous take, the solar system is imagined with desi moms giving advice to their planetary children. From Mercury being ...

NASAs Perseverance rover has collected a historic rock sample dating back to the Noachian era on Mars. This discovery could provide insights into the formation of planets over 4.1 billion years ago ...

Is Earth really exceptional?  A new book seems to reaffirm that notion.  But given the right conditions, primitive life may be a mere byproduct of biophysics.

Take advantage of a special 6-7 planet alignment from Earth's perspective. Planets 'line up' in the skies over California in ...

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

Astronomers at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center may have discovered a star hurtling through the Milky Way with a planet ...

New research on meteorites may finally hold the answers to why Earth and Mars suffer from a mysterious absence of specific ...

Predictions are uncertain, but the solar system may be pushed farther from the galactic core or even ejected entirely from ...