The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

This finding provides compelling evidence that the giant planets in HR 8799 formed through core accretion, a process similar ...

In late January this year, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft turned its cameras to the sky and captured some incredible images. The twin cameras onboard, part of the spacecraft’s imaging system, photographed ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, is a gas giant known for its swirling storms, iconic Great Red Spot, strong magnetic field, and numerous moons. Explore Jupiter’s moon Io, with ...

Asteroids of this size regularly pass through the Earth's neighborhood, often unnoticed, unless they are actively tracked by NASA and other space agencies. The continuous monitoring of near-Earth ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids ... with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 looks like (images) Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens to hit Earth, but ...

The first private spacecraft mission to Venus will combat the planet's hellish conditions with the aid of a novel woven heat ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in ...

A UVA professor is part of the study of Trojan asteroids, presumed remnants of the early solar system that share Jupiter’s ...