Tiny grains from asteroid Ryugu are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. The findings suggest the distal solar system ...

Astronomers are investigating the possibility of a hidden ninth planet beyond Neptune, which could explain unusual orbital patterns in the Kuiper Belt.

When we think of exoplanets that may be able to support life, we home in on the habitable zone. A habitable zone is a region ...

You’d need 1.3 million Earths to fill up the volume of the Sun. Our Sun is so big it makes up over 99% of the mass of our ...

Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...

In this choose-your-own-adventure game, it's up to you to protect the planet. From nuclear strikes to giant spikes, find out ...

Planet-forming disks are rapidly disintegrated when blasted with high-energy radiation from massive young stars.

Elon Musk aims to make life multiplanetary, but Jeff Bezos believes we should be building massive cylindrical space stations.

Celebrating 60 years of TNO’s pioneering space innovations, shaping the future of space exploration and global communication.

The nearby bright star Vega is surrounded by a surprisingly smooth, 100 billion-mile-wide disk of cosmic dust, confirming ...

Hidden in plain sight along one of the Peninsula's most popular hiking trails is a geometrically funky tower, where scientists have been quietly collecting solar measurements for nearly 50 years.

Onboard Juno is its famed camera, dubbed "JunoCam." A two megapixel visible light camera, JunoCam is designed "to study the ...