The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are ...

There are quite a few other places we might find life in the solar system, including dwarf planets like Ceres. Ceres is ...

Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth's climate, exploring the Solar System, and ...

A massive asteroid, 2025 FA22, will safely pass Earth on September 18, 2025, at a distance of 4.6 million miles. Initially ...

Astronomers have identified a tiny quasi-moon, 2025 PN7, orbiting near Earth for about 60 years. This 62-foot-wide near-Earth ...

Importantly, the 6,000 figure is continuously updated as astronomers around the world confirm new planets, meaning no single planet is officially the 6,000th.

“The idea that Ryugu-like objects held on to ice for so long is remarkable,” he added. “It suggests that the building blocks ...

Early Earth lacked life’s essentials until a collision with Theia added them. This chance event made life possible. After the ...

NASA’s IMAP mission, led by Princeton University’s David McComas, will study the heliosphere — the invisible electromagnetic ...

New Curtin University research has uncovered a striking link between the structure of our galaxy and the evolution of Earth's ...

A giant space rock the size of New York's Chrysler Building will make a close pass by Earth Thursday, and it could get even ...

A team of scientists has investigated how Earth’s twin became so inhospitable, and whether the same will happen to our planet ...