Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the "basic building blocks" for life, shedding new light ...

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking into Earth in 2032, space agency officials have said. Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more than 1%. “We are not worried at all ...

Early 2025 is a good time for skygazing and spotting up to seven planets in the night sky – if you have a little help.

NASA’s Lucy mission will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...

G3 (ATLAS) is one of the few comets on record that became bright enough to be visible in the daytime without optical aid like ...

Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on January 13 as it reached its perihelion, and is now disintegrating.

On January 2, the Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of the unique asteroid 2018 CN41, but soon had to remove the ...

New research has revealed that Hot Jupiters do not always push away or destroy nearby planets during their migration. This ...

Listen to the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft as it flew past Mercury on 8 January 2025. This sixth and final flyby used the little planet's gravity to steer the spacecraft on course for entering ...

Though 2025 won't mark the return of astronauts into deep space as NASA had hoped, launchpads still will be scorching-hot ...

Some of the continent's most popular cities can feel packed with disembarking cruise passengers – here's when to avoid the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy in just three years. A new project celebrates its impact on the ...