For more than sixty years, a tiny asteroid has been moving in step with Earth, hidden from view until recently. Astronomers ...

NASA spotted a new moon almost at the border of our solar system. Back in 1986, a theory came up that this cosmic body could ...

This very well could be the clearest sign of life that we’ve ever found on Mars,’ says acting Nasa administrator ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 caused quite a stir last year when it was discovered and originally calculated to have a 3% chance of ...

The world is entering its second age of exploration, this one in outer space. But there’s one big question: Will America get left behind? In the 21st century, America has seen enormous technological ...

Aside from 2025 PN7, there are 7 other quasi-moons, according to the Planetary Society, which they refer to as “a gravitational sleight of hand.” From our terrestrial point of view, they may appear to ...

A University of Idaho professor was part of a team that discovered a new moon in the solar system. The UI announced Thursday that physics professor Matthew Hedman helped discover a moon orbiting ...

“There is no evidence of microbes on Mars today, but if any had been present on ancient Mars, they too might have reduced ...

MOSCOW, Idaho – A new moon has been discovered orbiting Uranus, thanks to a team led by the Southwest Research Institute and including University of Idaho’s Matthew Hedman, a physics professor. The ...

Skywatchers are in for a treat this October. Two comets, C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), may become visible to the ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss is joined by SpaceNews Senior Staff Writer Jeff Foust to break down ...

Viking consisted of two twin orbiters and landers, with experimental chambers in the landers to conduct three biology ...