Early Earth may not have had the right ingredients for life — until a nearby Mars-size planet crashed into it, two new ...

Eclipses are one of the most sought-after phenomena by lovers of the cosmos. There are two types: lunar eclipses, when the Earth comes between the Moon and the Sun, and solar eclip ...

Voyager 2 launched in 1977 to tour the outer planets. It visited Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, returning data that transformed scientific understanding.

Iapetus is nearly at western elongation, now 10th magnitude and standing in line with Saturn’s other bright moons today.

New models suggest that Ceres, the asteroid belt's largest object, once had a radioactive core that could have sustained life ...

But in reality, it may be the beginning of a new phase of life for all the objects living in the solar system. When stars like the Sun die, they go through a phase of rapid expansion called the Red ...

September's full moon will rise next weekend and it is set to be a spectacular event as a total lunar eclipse will be visible ...

Even if life never took hold on Ceres, the discovery could help broaden the range of environments that could potentially be habitable.

Interest in steam world exoplanets really heated up in October 2024 when the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) discovered the ...

Two very different asteroid families may share the same ancient roots, linked by a rare mineral fingerprint and revealed ...

For astrobiologists, the search for life beyond our solar system could be likened to where one would look in a vast ...

How do you tell how old an astronomical object is? I mean, the next time the moon is in the sky, take a look at it. How would ...