Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would ...

Scientists now say an interstellar comet discovered earlier this month could be one of the oldest that astronomers have ever ...

Scientists discovered a new technique that would enable the astronauts to obtain the water they require from the lunar soil.

Methane Lakes: The surface features lakes, rivers and seas filled with liquid methane and ethane. The largest lake, Kraken ...

Titan is unique in our solar system: it’s the only world besides Earth known to have stable liquids on its surface.

While astronomers have previously seen young discs that contain newborn, massive, Jupiter-like planets, McClure says, “we’ve always known that the first solid parts of planets, or planetesimals, must ...

Get ready for the most anticipated meteor shower of the year, coming to a night sky near you! The Perseids meteor show is known for a high rate of brightly colored meteor streaks and less frequent but ...

A group of international researchers said on Wednesday they witnessed some of the earliest stages of a planet beyond the sun ...

The half-lit lunar disk will rise alongside the ringed giant Saturn and dimmer Neptune in the early morning hours of June 19, putting on a spectacular show just six hours after the moon hits its third ...

If it weren't for the new budget, New Horizons could keep exploring the outer reaches of the solar system into the 2030s.

Take a journey through the Milky Way galaxy, exploring the wonders of our solar system and the distant stars that illuminate the night sky. The Milky Way is home to over 100 billion stars, each with ...