NASAs Perseverance rover has collected a historic rock sample dating back to the Noachian era on Mars. This discovery could ...

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

Gaining insight could help understand the timing and process of life's emergence. A research team led by a Rutgers-New ...

Asteroids are space rocks orbiting the sun that are considerably smaller than planets. Scientists believe they’re the ...

Explore Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, and discover its remarkable ancient ocean and ice-rich crust.

Scientists found that an asteroid impact carved two massive canyons on the moon in minutes. High-speed debris helped shape ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

The origin of the Moon has fascinated scientists for decades. The most widely accepted theory suggests that the Moon formed ...

In a rare "time-critical" decision, the James Webb Space Telescope will study the true size of the "potentially hazardous" ...

Last fall, the scientific community went into a minor frenzy. A hunk of interstellar material had been sucked into the ...

Countless celestial objects traverse the cosmos, each with its own unique characteristics and potential impact, literally, on Earth. Among ...