Scientists using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have made a groundbreaking discovery: a massive exoplanet ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.

In samples NASA brought back from the asteroid Bennu, scientists have discovered of organic compounds, including key building ...

This photo of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 Polycam images collected on Dec. 2, 2024, by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Image ...

TEMPLE, Texas — A 'planetary parade' is making its way across the sky this January, with four planets, six if you have a telescope, visible in a planetary alignment. According to NASA ...

In a nutshell Scientists have discovered a new type of planetary collision called “kiss-and-capture,” where Pluto and proto-Charon briefly connected and spun together before separating into their ...

The planets are lining up, forming a rare and special parade across the night sky in January and February. Four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars — are bright enough to see with the ...

Planetary alignments aren't rare, even when it comes to seeing six planets in the January night sky. Planets always appear in a line from our Earth-bound vantage, so the arrangement isn't anything ...

Michigan stargazers with the fortitude to spend time outside this month are in for a treat. Six planets will "align" in the sky for a planet parade, with four of them visible to the naked eye ...

An alignment of six planets will dazzle in January 2025. Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will align in the night sky. "The whole month of January is a great time to see the ...