The milestone highlights the accelerating rate of discoveries, just over three decades since the first exoplanets were found.

NASA has officially tracked 6,000 confirmed exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—a milestone that reflects decades of ...

Potential signs of microbial life were found in a rock sample collected by the rover in 2024 from an ancient dry riverbed on ...

In its youth, the dwarf planet Ceres may have brewed a chemical banquet beneath its icy crust.

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space ...

Scientists have found potential evidence of past life on Mars in a rock sample collected by a NASA rover, but plans to return ...

Ancient organisms may have left microscopic "biosignatures" on Mars. That's according to NASA scientists, who say a rock ...