REx reveals asteroid Bennu contains life's building blocks, shedding light on Earth's origins and the potential for extraterrestrial life.

A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar ...

Hubble has revealed a strange cosmic object called Cloud-9, a dark matter–dominated cloud with no stars at all. Scientists ...

3I/ATLAS has passed its closest point to Earth, meaning we will soon lose sight of it for good. Some scientists want to send a spacecraft to chase down the alien comet — or the next interstellar ...

What was originally thought to be a planet orbiting the Fomalhaut star was probably just the fallout of a wild collision.

The accelerating expansion of the universe is usually explained by an invisible force known as dark energy. But a new study ...

Leonardo Testi and team investigate the initial conditions for planet formation in this special astronomy focus ...

Among the solar system’s hundreds of known moons, few are as enticing as the handful that scientists believe have a global ocean lurking below their crusty surface. But two of these hidden oceans may ...

Darryl Z. Seligman is an Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University. Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third large interstellar visitor that we have ever discovered —- an asteroid ...

Solar physicists say they have found a key source of intense gamma rays unleashed when Earth's nearest star produces its most ...