Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have studied Chiron, a centaur orbiting between Jupiter and Neptune, ...

The water that makes up the oceans acted as a key ingredient for the development of life on Earth. However, scientists still ...

Heat from tidal forces remelted the Moon’s crust, says new reesarch, which may explain why the Moon is older than some ...

New research suggests volcanic activity reshaped the Moon's geology, resetting its apparent age to 4.35 billion years.

Space agency’s Parker Solar Probe flies closer to the sun than any spacecraft during the first of three planned flybys.

An object up to dozens of times the mass of Jupiter flying through our solar system may have disrupted planetary orbits.

Astronomers posed over the past decade that dark comets, or objects that resemble asteroids but move like comets, may exist.

19, 2024 — Scientists have unveiled groundbreaking research on the origins of lunar water, offering insights that could reshape our understanding of the Earth-Moon system and the broader solar ...

As Christmas approaches, astronomers are tracking asteroid 2025 YP. This space visitor will fly by Earth on 25 December 2025.

Astronomers are closely tracking asteroid 2024 XN1, which is set to pass by Earth on December 24, 2024, just in time for Christmas Eve.

Inner dark comets can be found within the inner solar system, which includes the planets Earth, Venus, Mars and Mercury, and move in nearly circular orbits around the sun. The celestial objects ...

Observations made of Jupiter’s moon Io during the Juno mission’s flybys helped astronomers confirm how and why Io became the ...