What happens when a solar superstorm hits Mars? Thanks to the European Space Agency's Mars orbiters, we now know: glitching ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

Venus and Saturn are due up for a visually striking event known as a planetary conjunction. Here's everything to know about ...

How many Earths could fit inside the planets of our solar system.

“While 3I/ATLAS is a visitor from interstellar space, travelling from outside the Solar System, its behaviour is completely ...

An astronomy professor explains what exoplanets are, why he keeps looking for them and how Israel intercepts missiles “in ...

Moons may seem like quiet companions to the planets, but many of them are worlds every bit as fascinating as the planets themselves. Some are covered in oceans, some erupt with lava, and others hide ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a potentially habitable exoplanet GJ 887 d near one of the stars closest to the ...

A small, round piece of asteroid Ryugu (sample #91), called “S-lunar,” contains tiny particles (less than 1 mm) that will allow planetary scientists to study the magnetic signature of the early solar ...

Skygazers across Texas and beyond can catch a glimpse of six planets arcing across the night sky this week in a so-called ...

Remember 3I/ATLAS? Yes, the interstellar comet that made plenty of headlines in 2025 is still romping through our solar ...

A group of astronomers has found a solar system 116 light-years from Earth that seems to challenge current theories about how ...