Join us as we delve into NASA's quest to find extraterrestrial life in the outer solar system. Discover the potential ...

Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...

Auroral activity is best seen between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. local time while at a high vantage point away from light pollution, ...

Samples of asteroid Bennu contain molecules that suggest the "conditions necessary for life" were widespread across the early ...

When exposed to formaldehyde, which was also detected, ammonia can form amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. According to the study in Nature Astronom y, the team also found 14 of the 20 ...

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

The wannabe asteroid, announced on Jan. 2 as 2018 CN41, is actually a Tesla Roadster launched into space years ago by SpaceX ...

NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet. The space rock—dubbed "2025 BV5"—is estimated by NASA's Jet Propulsion ...

Indian Institute of Astrophysics develops a novel method to predict the size and speed of solar storms, enhancing forecasting ...

The Challenge, which was open to 6th to 12th graders in schools across the nation, asked teams to design experiments that ...

The pristine nature of the Bennu samples is crucial. Daniel Glavin of NASA noted, “The clues we’re finding are incredibly ...