In late 2025 a mysterious comet flew between the orbits of Earth and Mars and reached a speed of more than 150,000 miles per ...

Venus and Saturn are due up for a visually striking event known as a planetary conjunction. Here's everything to know about ...

Venus and Saturn are due for a visually striking event known as a planetary conjunction this weekend in time with daylight saving.

Welcome to SolarBalls, where you can explore the solar system and the universe through fun and entertaining animations. This ...

A small, round piece of asteroid Ryugu (sample #91), called “S-lunar,” contains tiny particles (less than 1 mm) that will allow planetary scientists to study the magnetic signature of the early solar ...

Astronomers already know how planetary systems are born and how they look once they ...

Samples from Ryugu, a small, near-Earth asteroid, preserve natural remanent magnetization (NRM) from the early history of the solar system. However, despite multiple studies, there is currently no ...

There have been plenty of attempts to resolve the "Hubble Tension" in cosmology. This feature describes how one of the most important variables in cosmology, the expansion of the universe, takes on ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a potentially habitable exoplanet GJ 887 d near one of the stars closest to the ...

Microscopic crystals extracted from meteorites could help settle a debate about the birth of our patch of the Milky Way.

Finding Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like stars and identifying signs of life such as oxygen or water is a major goal in ...

The next planetary alignment will occur on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. The best time to view the planets will be just after ...