Using ground-penetrating radar, NASA's Perseverance rover has detected underground remains of an ancient river delta on Mars ...

NASA scientists say they have finally pinned down why asteroid Bennu looks so jagged and chaotic up close. Images and ...

The Perseverance rover has found tiny crystals that seem to be rubies or sapphires inside pebbles on Mars, where they have ...

Located just 35 light-years away, this world is roughly 1.6 times the size of Earth. But don’t call it a twin. It’s a scorching, pungent orb wrapped in an atmosphere of hydrogen and sulfur, perched ...

Asteroids! From 2024 YR 4's possible lunar impact to the DART mission's impact of Dimophos, we look at how scientists are ...

Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’s private space company, revealed plans to play a pivotal role in Earth’s defense against dangerous asteroids. The mission, named NEO Hunter, is a collaboration with NASA and ...

Two microscopic grains collide and produce a tiny spark. This phenomenon may have provided the energy to kick off life on Earth. But if these solid particles have the same composition, what factor ...

China signals new target for 2027 asteroid deflection test China has identified a new target near-Earth asteroid for its first planetary defense kinetic test mission, which is scheduled to launch in ...

NASA’s planetary science program is still facing a funding shortfall that requires “strategic choices” about which missions to continue.

The surface of asteroid Bennu has long left questions for scientists after a NASA planetary science mission showed the asteroid was actually more rough and jagged than previously expected.

A mysterious metal-rich asteroid called Psyche has been baffling scientists for over two centuries, and its true origin ...

There are worlds like hot Jupiters, gigantic and very hot, as well as ocean worlds and super-Earths with a rocky structure ...