It's just 18 light-years away: a super-Earth named GJ 251c with a minimum mass about 3.84 times that of our own planet. The ...

Every year, the Taurid meteor shower lights up the night sky from late October through early November. Sometimes called the ...

Material around Chiron, a small icy world in the far reaches of the solar system, may be taking shape into a ring system of ...

Astronomers have discovered asteroid 2025 SC79, a skyscraper-sized space rock orbiting the sun in just 128 days. the ...

"The national security establishment has already been doing this for five decades but thought that no one could replicate it, ...

A scientist spotted an asteroid hiding in the sun's glare that orbits the sun in just 128 days, making it the second fastest ...

Planet X has not yet been discovered, and there is debate in scientific community about whether it exists Astronomers have discovered fresh evidence suggesting the possible existence of an unseen ...

See its journey to the asteroid in this orbit animation. Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio | edited by Space.com ...

Rare interstellar visitor the size of Manhattan carries secrets from distant star system Controversial 'comet': An artist's rendition of Comet 3I/ATLAS as it rockets through our Solar System at 58 km ...

Anyone who studies planetary formation would relish the opportunity to get a close-up look at an interstellar object. Sending a mission to one would undoubtedly yield a scientific payoff. There’s a ...

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

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