Fantasizing about interplanetary exploration is a fun mental exercise, but the harsh realities of life (or lack thereof) in ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope caught a glimpse of 3I/ATLAS – again. Here's a look at the latest photo of the intriguing ...

Earth’s magnetic field was rattled by a solar outburst that arrived with almost no warning, lighting up skies and briefly ...

Earth may have a moon today because a nearby neighbor once crashed into us, a new analysis of Apollo samples and terrestrial ...

Later in December, the 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet will get as close to Earth as it ever will. Here's what to know.

A comet named 3I/ATLAS, originating from outside our solar system, is passing through Earth's cosmic neighborhood. NASA has released new images of the comet, which is only the third interstellar ...

A comet named 3I/ATLAS, which originated from outside our solar system, is currently hurtling through Earth's cosmic neighborhood. It is only the 3rd interstellar object ever discovered in our solar ...

Nearly 4.5 million years ago, two large, hot stars brushed tantalizingly close to Earth's sun. They left behind a trace in ...

An interstellar tourist is taking a quick trip through our solar system, becoming one of just three known objects to ever do so, according to NASA. A comet from a solar system outside our own was ...

"During the early solar system's game of cosmic billiards, Earth was struck by a neighbor,” said Dauphas. “It was a lucky shot. Without the moon's steadying influence on our planet's tilt, the climate ...

Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention ...

Roughly four and a half billion years ago the planet Theia slammed into Earth, destroying Theia, melting large fractions of Earth’s mantle and ejecting a huge debris disk that later formed the moon.