Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

"Temperamental" stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), this celestial spectacle, known as Herbig Haro 30 or HH 30, highlights a ...

If you fancy swapping a night under the stars for a different ... Son Doong's known size increased greatly when an underwater ...

A suspected planet that appears well-suited to life has had its existence confirmed – and it’s very much in our neighborhood, ...

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

Astronomers have found two planets around two separate stars that are succumbing to their stars' intense heat.

To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...

The fact they tick somewhat different boxes ... Martian life was hindered not only by location, but the planet’s small size, which prevented it from holding onto the atmosphere which might ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

Understanding how and when Earth, Jupiter, other planets in the Solar System, and numerous exoplanets formed within our ...