Astronomers around the world are closely tracking an interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS as it speeds through our solar ...

So what is your favorite planet?” As museum educator Melissa Moeller opened up her presentation on the solar system Saturday ...

There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting the Earth. Most of them, like the International Space Station and the Hubble ...

Humans have a predilection for doomsday predictions. Witness the much-hyped technological terror of the Y2K, or year 2000, bug, which failed to crash critical systems as projected, or the apocalyptic ...

Short-lived radioisotopes such as aluminum-26 influenced early solar system heat, water retention and the formation of Earth-like rocky planets, according to meteorite analyses and models.

NASA’s Earth Observing System provides nearly 30 years of continuous, high-quality measurements of Earth’s land, oceans, atmosphere, and ice, supporting climate research and long-term environmental ...

JWST observations of the ultra-hot super-Earth exoplanet TOI-561 b provide the strongest evidence to date for an atmosphere surrounding a rocky planet beyond our Solar System.

Using lunar ice to make rocket fuel could help future lunar settlements sustain themselves and provide a launch pad for ...

NASA’s Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission launched in 2025 alongside NASA’s SPHEREx space ...

Astronomers are closing in on one of the most tantalizing possibilities in planetary science, evidence that a previously ...

Lineups of planets have often attracted attention for their supposed effects on human affairs—and for several days in early January, five solar system bodies are arranged in a n ...