Astronomers have found signs that the small icy world Chiron, orbiting between Saturn and Uranus, may be forming a new ring ...

Earth has reportedly gained a second moon, a small near-Earth object designated 2025 PN7, which is now classified as a quasi-satellite. This object wi ...

As mankind was planning the first moon landing in the 1960s, an asteroid approached Earth—and still hasn’t left.

Titan’s harsh chemistry breaks basic rules, offering new clues about how life’s building blocks might form in space.

Discovered in August 2025, the 19-meter-wide asteroid is likely to be in Earth’s orbit until after 2083, and then will slowly ...

The federal government has been—and must remain—a critical partner in foundational technological innovation and research ...

Will the weather this week allow you to see Comet Lemon? The Mount Lemmon Survey is an astronomical survey that employs a ...

The discovery that molecules of methane and ethane can worm their way into the crystal lattice of frozen hydrogen cyanide has ...

NASA has discovered Saturn's moon Titan can mix molecules in ways previously thought impossible, shedding light on origins-of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope spacecraft is located 5 degrees below the Pleiades star. As the month wears on, it travels ...

Earth just got a new tag-along in space — a little asteroid named 2025 PN7. NASA confirmed this week that the rock, ...

Scientists have found that on Titan, substances that should remain separate can actually combine under freezing conditions. NASA and Chalmers University researchers discovered that hydrogen cyanide ...