The robotic Tianwen-2 spacecraft will collect samples from Kamoʻoalewa, which some scientists suspect is a fragment of the moon.

International researchers warn that the planet Venus is concealing at least three city-killer asteroids that could strike ...

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In the vast expanse of space, an estimated 1 million near-Earth objects (NEOs), also known as near-Earth asteroids, are ...

Astronomers find evidence of a possible ninth planet beyond Neptune, reigniting the debate about the formation of the Solar ...

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NASA tracks five near-Earth asteroids flying close to our planet this week. Despite their size, none pose a threat for at ...

The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, which catalogs new moons and other small bodies in the solar ...

Scientists confirm Zealandia, Earth's eighth continent, submerged almost two million square miles, with only 5% above water.

Earth’s violent collision with a protoplanet may have given birth to the Moon. Discover the giant-impact theory and the ...

Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized ...

Earth’s massive eighth continent has just been confirmed—and it rewrites the map of our planet.