When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...

The eruption released energy six times greater than all Earth's power plants combined, exceeding 80,000 trillion watts.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has uncovered an immense volcanic hot spot on Jupiter’s moon Io, surpassing any previously recorded ...

Hubble Space Telescope Captures a Fascinating Cosmic Occurrence 'Blue Lurker' Star System 2,800 Light-Years From Earth In a ...

Researchers have made a potentially crucial breakthrough in solar science that could help predict solar flares with greater ...

Two exciting new studies detail the life-supporting contents of a 4.3-ounce sample of the asteroid Bennu. The OSIRIS-REx ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

The acid yellow moon Io that orbits Jupiter may be less than 30% the size of Earth, but is considered the most volcanic body ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino acids and nucleobases found in DNA and RNA. The presence of ammonia and ...

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 ...

Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved asteroid samples ever collected, potentially ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...