Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than just dazzling streaks of light as meteors, these ancient fragments are among ...

U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" ...

In a stunning new finding, astronomers have uncovered the strongest evidence yet of life existing beyond our solar system. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers from the University of ...

One such moment was when space craft sent back images of the Earth for the first time. Another is the discovery of life on ...

A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system ...

In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast ...

"We're trying to encounter an astronomical object that streaks through our solar system just once and we don’t want to miss ...

Gregg, a Ph.D. candidate in physics and astronomy, developed a computer model to study our solar system, Alpha Centauri and the interstellar activity—the movement of gas, dust and other space ...

Solar Cells Made of Moon Dust Could Power Future Space Exploration Apr. 3 ... one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new ...

But if you really want to get to know a place, there's no substitute ... into the deepest reaches of our solar system. These probes, unlike the Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories ...

The entire solar system, ours at least, sits inside a pocket of low density called the Local Hot Bubble (LHB). This cavity in space is 1,000 ... tunnel from our solar system pointing towards ...

Space is full of surprises, and the most recent of these is: Spirals are the solar system's favorite shape. Astronomers have ...