New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

Spica is a binary star system located 250 light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. The waxing gibbous moon will ...

Some scientists think they discovered a new dwarf planet at the edge of the solar system, so far away that it takes around 25,000 years to complete one orbit around the sun. Astrophysicist Dr. Paul ...

This June, the Milky Way’s brilliant heart lights up the night as planets align and the solstice sun marks Earth’s celestial tipping point.

Strange, dark streaks on Martian slopes that once hinted at flowing water are now believed to be dry dust slides, revealed ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have spotted a cosmic mismatch that has left them perplexed - a really big planet orbiting a really small star. The star is only about a fifth the mass of the sun.

After nearly a decade in orbit, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft has, for the first time, directly observed the process that ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over how Mars lost the thick atmosphere it once had. That atmosphere was essential for ...

SpaceX shared a video in which founder Elon Musk gave a timeline for the company's Starship to reach Mars in the years ahead.

The data was captured by NASA’s MAVEN, which entered a Mars-bound orbit back in 2014. Since then, the spacecraft has captured ...

Lunar exploration is entering a new era. Long after the Apollo missions, a renewed international interest comes with ...

Simulations show that the stars’ tug could send Mercury, Venus or Mars crashing into Earth — or let Jupiter eject our world from the solar system.