Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its ...
For the first time ever astronomers have witnessed a budding star system emerge for the cosmic fog. Credit: Directed by: L.
Astronomers have observed a massive growth rate in a free-floating rogue planet that’s gobbling up gas and dust at a record rate of 6.6 billion tons per second.
To probe the mysteries of how galaxies evolve over time, scientists needed a supercomputer with out-of-this-world ...
Using the Open Exoplanet Catalog and NASA’s Eye on Exoplanets website provides new way to study Kepler’s and Newton’s laws ...
NASA Hubble Space Telescope, New Horizons and Lucy missions are examples of the missions that are leading to discoveries about the "fossils of our solar system," according to NASA's Goddard Space ...
Two recent studies used seismic data from NASA’s retired InSight mission to shed light on what lies beneath Mars’ surface and what it means for the planet’s history The spacecraft will map the ...
Chrysalis, a 36-mile rotating space habitat, plans to take 2,400 people to Alpha Centauri in approximately 400 years.
A new analysis estimates that the asteroid belt is steadily losing mass each year, and may not be as permanent a feature of ...
New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure ...