Astronomers have found a 19m-wide space rock that has been quietly hanging around Earth since 1957. This quasi-moon poses no threat.

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) is a new visitor from our outer solar system. It may be easier to see as it approaches Earth next week ...

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If it pans out, it may complicate Elon Musk’s dreams of founding a settlement on the fourth planet from the sun.

Astronomers around the world have confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets, a milestone reached in025. Billions more are waiting to be ...

This brings us to the complexity of NASA's announcement. "Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by ...

It feels like there have been staggering science stories emerging every other day recently, all of which have blown our tiny ...

Learn about how chemical fossils helped researchers identify one of Earth’s earliest animals: a sea sponge from the Ediacaran ...

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh ...

A team of MIT geochemists has unearthed new evidence in very old rocks suggesting that some of the first animals on Earth ...