The newly identified cluster of Kuiper Belt objects lies about 4 billion miles from the Sun, offering fresh clues about how ...

Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty ...

When astronomers look deep into the early universe, the expectation is simple. You should see young galaxies still assembling ...

Leonardo Testi and team investigate the initial conditions for planet formation in this special astronomy focus ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

Most planetary systems contain worlds larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and the low-density planets around one ...

At 710 meters (just under half a mile) wide, this space rock sets a record for how fast it spins on its axis: about one ...

A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar ...

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft has captured ultraviolet images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, revealing hidden chemical ...

Astronomers are closing in on one of the most tantalizing possibilities in planetary science, evidence that a previously ...

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...

Scientists all over the world are celebrating because of a discovery made by a telescope built in the Bay Area.