Researchers have confirmed the first-ever detection of an atmosphere surrounding a rocky planet outside our solar system.

In the more modern era, the longest eclipse will happen in northern South America on July 16, 2186. This one will peak at ...

The destruction of the parent body of the asteroid Eilalia in the main belt could have caused a massive bombardment of ...

A meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home in 2024 is a rare, primitive space rock containing evidence of ancient water.

Orbital Compute’s proposed 100,000-satellite network and Cowboy Space’s vertically integrated Stampede system offer sharply ...

The probe sent back the first pictures of the asteroid Kamo’oalewa. Next step: landing on the surface and collecting samples ...

This phenomenon, sometimes called a planet parade, offers a rare chance to see multiple planets appear close together. Mars and Saturn will be visible to the naked eye, but a telescope is needed to ...

While life on Mars (and Venus) has long been an obsession for those wondering if we're alone, there are other places in our solar system that could support life in some form. This artist's concept ...

Our solar system has two ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, but there may have been a third. According to a new study published in the journal Icarus, this extra world might have triggered a violent ...

If you stop to think about it, it’s a marvel that we can harness energy from the sun. But we do, thanks to solar panels equipped with photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight to electricity. That’s no ...

Picture our cosmic neighborhood as a sprawling mystery novel where every page reveals something unexpected. Most of us grew up learning the basics about planets orbiting a star, but here’s the thing: ...