New observations of a nearby red giant star suggest that a long-standing explanation for how giant stars spread life’s ...

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

How common are Earth-like planets in the universe? When I started working on supernova explosions, I never imagined that my ...

It may not feel like it, but everything in the universe is in constant motion. Our Sun, with all its planets, orbits the center of the Milky Way, flying through the cosmos at around 450,000 miles per ...

Nothing manmade has reached further from Earth than the Voyager series of spacecraft. Hurtling away from the sun at 38,000 miles an hour, the duo have now traveled over 12 billion miles, with Voyager ...

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center shared the images of comet 3I/ATLAS. It's possibly as big as Manhattan, likely older than our own solar system and it's traveling through space at speeds of up to ...

Having made its closest approach to the sun on Wednesday October 29, comet 3I/ATLAS will soon be visible from Earth again—before it leaves our solar system. While the comet—first spotted in July—has ...

The Uvalde, Texas project is slated to achieve commercial operation in 2026. Image: SOLV Energy. Independent power producer (IPP) Sol Systems has selected engineering, procurement, and construction ...

Illustration comparing the planets of the Solar System and the Sun on the same scale. The planets are shown to scale relative to each other but their distances are not. From left to right the bodies ...

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...

A comet known as 3I/ATLAS made news in July when it was confirmed to have originated outside Earth's solar system. One infamous theory even posited that the interstellar interloper, estimated to be ...