Travel back 3.8 billion years to witness the late heavy bombardment and explore the early solar system, from Mercury's ...
For researchers at the University of Idaho, spotting a moon 6 miles wide orbiting Uranus, a staggering 1.8 billion miles from Earth, may actually be easier than finding a white cat in a snowstorm. A t ...
The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.
It's hard enough to imagine the size of the universe; try wrapping your head around some of the largest known things within it that we've observed so far.
Astronomers around the world have confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets, a milestone reached in September 2025. Billions more are waiting to be discovered.
JWST data hints that Trappist-1e may have an atmosphere. More transits will test if this world could support liquid water.
Pluto's unusual eccentricity and tilt is likely due to its interactions with neighboring Neptune and other giant planets, ...
“This milestone represents decades of cosmic exploration driven by NASA space telescopes — exploration that has completely ...
Earth will move between Saturn and the sun this weekend, offering prime views of Saturn in what's known as "opposition." Here's what to know.
The odds for life existing on other planets has just skyrocketed after a NASA rover unearthed new evidence on Mars. The odds ...
But over the summer, 3I/ATLAS, has plunged toward the inner solar system—and the fireworks show has begun in earnest. When ...