Debris from Comet Encke creates two annual meteor showers, but it might also pose a small risk to Earth. Scientists are investigating ...

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

The interstellar object was first captured by scientists in July as an expert it warns it could be extra-terrestrial ...

This is only the third interstellar comet scientists have observed. Its extreme brightening, unusual composition, and intense ...

A new study reveals that the asteroid belt is slowly disappearing, offering insights into its long-term fate and what this means for our solar system.

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

Mars is an inhospitable desert planet. Billions of years ago, things were different. In Jezero Crater, for example, fed by a ...

Astronomers discover 2025 SC79, the solar system's second-fastest asteroid, hiding in the Sun's glare. Learn why these ...

Hidden by the Sun’s glare, a new space object has been found lurking in our Solar System, and it's one of the fastest-moving ...

Former NASA officials warn that the U.S. looks poised to lose its self-declared race to beat China to the moon ...

Southwest Research Institute could lose more than $265 million if the cuts go through, including defunding missions already ...

Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2025 SC79, a skyscraper-sized space rock orbiting the sun in just 128 days. the ...