The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space ...

New measurements of radio galaxies reveal that the solar system is racing through the universe at over three times the speed predicted by standard cosmology. Using highly sensitive data from multiple ...

New high-contrast images from SPHERE show a stunning variety of debris disks shaped by collisions of tiny planet-building ...

The cosmos has delivered a visitor, a silent, icy interloper from the darkest reaches of our galaxy, and the world's most ...

Before the ribbon-cutting for the solar system walk on the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail on Nov. 29, created by WHS Astronomy ...

Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...

When a meteor streaks across the sky, it's not just beautiful. It's nature's way of delivering a time capsule to Earth.

Scientists find that two hot stars passed near our solar system 4.4 million years ago, altering nearby interstellar clouds.

Whether its pioneering spirit and an urge to explore or a chance to make a fortune or new life out in space, colonization of ...

In the early 1980s, two Soviet-era missions, Venera 13 and 14, measured sound waves on Venus, producing a measurement of wind ...

The new floating PV structure removes traditional maintenance walkways between module rows to enable more solar modules to be ...

A modeling study shows how, under some conditions, increasing numbers of households with rooftop solar panels can lead to ...