Astronomers have uncovered a massive new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, lurking at the edge of our solar system. With an ...

Astronomers continue to track the third-ever discovered interstellar object, comet 3I/ATLAS, as it moves through our cosmic ...

Astronomer and Pluto mission leader S. Alan Stern explores how the field has transformed during his decades-long career.

A new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, has been found with a vast orbit and potential dwarf planet size. The finding hints ...

Aliens may have been closer to Earth than first thought. New research from NASA reveals that Ceres, the dwarf planet in the ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has snapped images of a recently discovered interstellar visitor hurtling through our solar ...

Solar Orbiter flew closer to the Sun than ever before. This proximity let it capture electrons in pristine conditions.

The U.S. planetary science community is sounding the alarm about plans to discard a nuclear technology that has powered dozens of NASA missions over the past 50 years ...

At the moment, 3I/ATLAS is outgassing as it reaches out sun, with the JWST and NIRSpec finding that carbon dioxide, water, ...

NASA research reveals that the heliosphere, our solar system's protective bubble, may resemble a deflated croissant rather than a comet. This new mode ...

The immensity of space makes it impossible for humans to discover every hiding place the universe holds. Its infinitude makes ...

Bennu's parent body is part of the Polana family of asteroids. A history of collisions created Bennu, and its original parent ...