Two new studies show a briny, carbon-rich environment on the parent body of the Bennu asteroid was suitable for assembling ...
It took two years for NASA's OSIRIS-REx space probe to return from asteroid Bennu before dropping off a small capsule as it ...
Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...
A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.
An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...
Thirty years after the discovery of the first exoplanet, astronomers have detected more than 7,000 of them in our galaxy. But there are still billions more to be discovered. At the same time, ...
A rare celestial event is captivating stargazers as six planets align in a striking display, says Professor Chandana ...
A new study claims it is possible an "alien visitor" could have warped our solar system during its earliest years.
Stargazers can witness a rare 'planet parade' in January and February 2024, where six planets align prominently in the night ...
While the planets are technically always "aligned" along the same plane in our sky, seeing so many at once is a special ...