The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

WASP-121b is like nothing in the solar system, raining liquid metal and being puffy like a marshmallow. The origins of these ...

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six-planet "alignment" this January.

When astronomers found a large world farther out than Pluto, it became one of the final nails in the coffin of our ninth ...

A shortcut for New Yorkers to spot some of the planets is to look for them when they are near the moon. On Feb. 1, Venus will ...

Helium can help scientists detect the speed and direction at which we’re moving through space. Deuterium, which is left over ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery in the WASP-132 system, finding two new planets that defy previous ...

The finding, reported in the science journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, is significant because the data reported by the ...

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 ...