Exoplanet hunters Christopher Watson and Annelies Mortier explain the long search for a 'twin Earth' capable of sustaining ...

Rarest Moons in the Solar System: Did you know? NASA, the ISS, and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are constantly observing the rarest moons in the solar system? The purpose behind this research ...

A new analysis estimates that the asteroid belt is steadily losing mass each year, and may not be as permanent a feature of the solar system as we thought. A team of astronomers led by Julio Fernández ...

Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has traveled farther than any spacecraft in human history. After more than four decades of silent endurance through space, it now sails beyond the orbit of the outer ...

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...

An interstellar comet, 3I/ATLAS, is speeding through our solar system in 2025, marking only the third such visitor. Traveling at 130,000 mph, it will make close approaches to Mars and Jupiter, ...

While many dream of bases on Mars and cities above Venus, the reality of colonizing the Solar System is far more difficult and may be impossible with today’s technology. NATO scrambles fighter jets as ...

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

Rare interstellar visitor the size of Manhattan carries secrets from distant star system Controversial 'comet': An artist's rendition of Comet 3I/ATLAS as it rockets through our Solar System at 58 km ...

NASA is tracking an object that is entering the solar system at approximately 245,000 km/h. This interstellar visitor is 3I/ATLAS, also known as “Comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) and initially dubbed A11pl3Z.

Did Brahe, Kepler, Galileo and Newton make isolated discoveries, or did Islamic science contribute to their work on astronomy ...

Humanity has achieved incredible milestones in space exploration, from landing on the Moon to sending probes beyond our solar system—but true interstellar travel remains far beyond our reach. This ...