Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has caught the interest of astronomers and amateur enthusiasts alike as just the third object to ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object, passed by Mars last week, rare images were captured by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter ...

Space scientists look back on three decades of exoplanet discoveries—from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with ...

"Though our Mars orbiters continue to make impressive contributions to Mars science, it's always extra exciting to see them ...

Neal Girandola and Andrew Triana run the “Mostly True Alien Stories” podcast. The podcast’s TikTok channel explains, “We just ...

We all need some space sometimes—but it's harder to find than you might think. How far into our universe do we have to go to ...

WISPIT 2b, a gas giant five times more massive than Jupiter, is the first planet of its kind to be observed growing inside its star’s ring, as captured by the Magellan Telescope and the ...

A study led by Howard Chen looks to explain what NASA space telescopes are missing in the search for life beyond Earth.

On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor ...

The discovery of the "hot Jupiter" exoplanet 51 Pegasi b on Oct. 6, 1995 changed the course of astronomical history.

The comet is one of only three of its kind recorded in history. But others think there could be more to this celestial object.

The solar system is a grand cosmic stage where each planet and moon plays a unique role in a story billions of years in the making. From Mercury’s shrinking surface and Venus’s runaway greenhouse ...