Scientists have discovered a colossal object approximately 435 miles wide in the frigid outer reaches of our solar system, ...

A new threat looms as scientists warn of dangerous asteroids near Venus, hidden from Earth's telescopes by the Sun's glare.

NASA's Juno mission finds a massive lava lake in Jupiter, offering new insights into volcanic activity beyond Earth and the ...

The Giant Magellan Telescope offers sharper images, efficient light use, and the ability to find Earth-like planets.

Earth’s sister planet reaches greatest western elongation and dichotomy as the waxing Moon slides along the ecliptic in the ...

Scientists are analysing the smells of space – from the aroma onboard space stations to planets hundreds of light years away ...

With an atmosphere, by mass, of primarily hydrogen (76 per cent) and helium (24 per cent), and by volume of 89 per cent ...

It might or might not be the smell of aliens, but dimethyl sulfide — and its funky odor — definitely gets around ...

A new astronomical study suggests that Earth could one day be ejected from the solar system, not by the aging of the Sun, but ...

Based on 20 years of observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, new research sheds light on one of the solar system’s ...

If you feel like you've seen more of the northern lights painting the night sky lately, you'd be right—and there's an ...

This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you ...