Asteroids with tiny moons may be quietly trading material across space. Images from NASA’s DART mission revealed faint ...

About 15% of asteroids near Earth have small moons orbiting them, making binary asteroid systems common in our cosmic ...

Four years ago, NASA purposely smashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid to see if they could deflect it—a test to prove humanity could protect Earth from threatening space rocks.

Keen astronomers will be in for a treat tonight as a rare 'planetary parade' of six planets lights up the night sky.

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

Earth is hit by asteroids all the time, but to avoid severe damages in the future NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test ...

Jackson Barnes, a graduate student at Michigan State University, created a simulation that reproduces the objects "naturally with gravitational collapse" ...

Starship’s heavy lift capacity, in orbit refueling, and potential aerobraking role could significantly accelerate a long-awaited mission to Uranus.

EGU’s collection of medals and awards are available in all 22 of our scientific divisions, at various career stages. We also offer medals and awards recognizing: service to the geoscience community; ...

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

A potential new mineral on Mars forms when iron sulfates are heated above 100°C. Data from Valles Marineris regions suggest ...