Astronomers have discovered a rare instance of a interstellar comet speeding through the solar system. The 3I/ATLAS was first ...

Vomit Comet “These measurements give us a look at how this enormous, icy world works,” said lead author Nathan Roth of American University and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. “We’re seeing explosive ...

A team of researchers has outlined how a new "direct fusion drive" propulsion system could allow us to reach Sedna this ...

Our solar system is a pretty wild place, full of amazing stuff. From the giant Sun to the tiny rocks floating around, there’s ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 0.0017% chance of hitting Earth, but media reports too often ignore the unlikelihood of impact in reports of near-Earth asteroids, a Tucson astronomer says.

The discovery, made with the LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) radio instrument in Europe, indicates that galaxy clusters, which ...

All eyes are on Comet 3I/Atlas as astronomers worldwide chase the exotic ice ball through our solar system ...

All of that was in the background as I was trying to make a decision. I knew that the engineering team leaned toward an overabundance of caution: They didn’t want the asteroid’s rugged surface to ...

Read science articles on the Kuiper Belt, including the latest news on Pluto, Eris, Sedna, Quaoar and other Kuiper Belt objects.

Zooming in on Bennu samples A top-down view of one of the containers holding rocks and dust from asteroid Bennu, with hardware scale marked in centimeters. This image was captured using manual ...