New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure ...

On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test craft smashed into its target, the hazardous asteroid Dimorphos, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has, for the first time, measured the carbon-rich concoction that forms a moon-forming disk of ...

A fleet of ball-shaped rovers could drift across the Martian surface like tumbleweed, driven simply by the wind.

Mercury is tiny, barely bigger than the Moon. Its metallic core makes up 70% of the planet’s mass, vastly exceeding Earth’s ...

The James Webb Telescope has revealed fierce auroras, storms, and unchanging sand-like clouds on the rogue planet SIMP-0136.

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical ...

In this episode of "2 Truths 1 Lie," we explore fascinating facts about space. Viewers will learn intriguing truths and one ...

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earth-like planets are common—if it can get off the ground ...

A 2017 satellite photo shows the stark contrast along the boundary between a giant field of golden "star dunes" and a barren ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered dazzling newborn stars and thick cosmic dust in Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's ...