What if Mercury and Mars collided? It sounds like pure science fiction, but scientists actually study planetary collisions to ...

A baby world just drifting through space without a star to call home has been caught in a record-smashing feeding frenzy.

Bill Nye recently revived his show to raise awareness around Friedreich's ataxia, a rare disease. He is also working to ...

Using the Open Exoplanet Catalog and NASA’s Eye on Exoplanets website provides new way to study Kepler’s and Newton’s laws ...

A UCLA astronomer who leads planetary defense missions for NASA says avoiding asteroid impacts is “a problem we can ...

Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its ...

Ariel, one of Uranus' icy moons, may once have concealed a vast ocean more than 100 miles (170 kilometers) deep beneath its ...

Today marks a new era in the history of Scripps Institution of Oceanography as Meenakshi Wadhwa takes the reins as the 12th ...

It's not the first time there have been claims of signs of life on Mars, so why are scientists particularly thrilled now?

A fresh analysis of old data has found rich organic chemistry within the hidden ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus ...

Perseverance rover data shows Jezero Crater once held a calm lake, leaving behind mudstones rich in organic-linked minerals.

Titan’s atmosphere tilts and shifts seasonally. The discovery shapes future exploration. Researchers at the University of Bristol have uncovered unusual behavior in Titan’s atmosphere for the first ...