When a meteor streaks across the sky, it's not just beautiful. It's nature's way of delivering a time capsule to Earth.

Astronomers measure the speed at which the solar system is hurtling through space by mapping surrounding galaxies and ...

The outer planets of the solar system are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus, are ...

Westfield High School senior Kaitlynn Goulette and freshman Krystyna Goulette have developed a walkable, scale model of the ...

When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star's habitable zone. Water is a key ingredient for life, and on a planet too close to ...

Watch how Jupiter could hypothetically devour every planet in the solar system and the cosmic chain reaction. Guy Fieri ...

Which planet is the furthest from the sun? Some may think it’s Pluto, but it’s actually Neptune. Learn more about this ice ...

Scientists traced the Moon's parent planet Theia to the inner Solar System, solving a 4.5-billion-year mystery.

About 4.5 billion years ago, a colossal impact between the young Earth and a mysterious planetary body called Theia changed everything—reshaping Earth, forming the Moon, and scattering clues across ...

Currently there is a third “interstellar interloper” now passing through the solar system designated as 3i/ATLAS, for the ...

While the comet is not scheduled to make its closest approach to Earth until Friday, December 19th, the Martian flotilla has ...

American space agency NASA readies the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope for integration, launch could come as soon as next ...