Chinese astronomers are planning a mission to crash a spacecraft into a near-Earth asteroid, known as the 2015 XF261, to test ...

The spacecraft will strike its target at around 9 kilometres per second, making it one of the fastest asteroid impact missions ever attempted. The mission, led by the China Nation ...

Mystery molecule found on both Pluto and Saturn’s moon leaves astronomers stumped: ‘We cannot say what it is’ - Molecule ...

China is set to launch a bold plan, aiming to protect the Earth from potentially disastrous space rocks. The mission includes ...

NASA's Mars missions have uncovered liquid water, potential biosignatures, and a hidden volcano on the Red Planet. The post ...

NASA’s asteroid-hunting Psyche spacecraft recently needed a little gravitational assist from Mars to keep speeding towards ...

Titan is a geologically active world cloaked in an atmosphere denser than Earth's, its landscape shaped by seas of liquid methane and vast dunes built from organic particles that rain out of its skies ...

Sagan's team created the greatest puzzle of all time, which you can only solve if your species understands the basic nature ...

Eulalia asteroid bombardment: a new study identifies the Eulalia asteroid family as the source of a third wave of impacts ...

After examining a meteorite that crashed to Earth in 2024, NASA is uncovering new details about ancient water, the chemical ...

Are we alone in the universe? For scientists working on NASA's proposed Habitable Worlds Observatory, that question is no ...

Throughout June 2026, SETI Institute scientists, affiliates, and collaborators contributed to discussions spanning ...