We're starting to see just how exceptional our own solar system and its history is, as more exoplanets are discovered. A ...

JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA.

Journey to Sedna, a distant red dwarf planet with an 11,400-year orbit. Explore its icy surface, enigmatic orbit, and ...

How does fine dust aggregate into building blocks that ultimately form entire planets like our Earth? A research team led by ...

Kepler-51d is a giant, ultra-light “super-puff” planet wrapped in an unusually thick haze that’s blocking scientists from ...

For centuries, astronomers faced the challenge of classifying objects in space based on their appearance. When observing an ...

Something is hiding inside Kepler-51d, and it’s doing a remarkably good job of it. About 2,615 light-years away in the ...

A mysterious metal-rich asteroid called Psyche has been baffling scientists for over two centuries, and its true origin ...

Astronomers detect a rare planetary collision 11,000 light-years away, offering new clues about how planets and moons form.

Astronomers witnessed planets colliding 11,000 light-years away, an event that could shed light on the collision that created Earth's moon.

In a distant part of our cosmos, an intriguing new world exists. This newly discovered exoplanet, identified as L 98-59 d, ...