From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Astronomers discovered a new moon of Uranus and hundreds of moons around Saturn over the past year, and there may be many ...

Ever wondered how planetary systems like our own solar system form? Thanks to the European Space Agency's Gaia space ...

This gas cloud located 500 light years away from our solar system is about to become a planet.This process usually takes a ...

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...

For only the second time ever, a collision between two asteroids has been observed around an alien star not too far beyond ...

By tracking tiny stellar wobbles, astronomers have detected planets forming around young stars for the first time.

An artistic rendering of a dust and gas disk encircling the young exoplanet, CT Cha b, 625 light-years from Earth.

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS makes its closest Earth approach on Dec. 19, offering astronomers a rare chance to study a visitor from beyond the solar system ...

The Artemis II mission, which could launch as early as February, is expected to send four astronauts on a trip to the moon, ...

Scientists have sought out and detected radio emissions from from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, all but confirming that it has natural origins.

This results in a composition that is “unexpectedly chaotic and turbulent.” “These new Hubble images show that planet nurseries can be much more active and chaotic than we expected,” Kristina Monsch, ...