Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, two teams of astronomers—centered at Penn State and MIT—independently announced ...

While it has been established that water exists on the Moon, pinpointing its precise locations presents a formidable ...

Humans are inching closer to living beyond Earth, but sustaining life on the moon or Mars requires a critical resource: water ...

Astronomers have found two planets around two separate stars that are succumbing to their stars' intense heat.

NASA’s Lucy mission will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...

As humankind imagines living off-planet -- on the moon, Mars and beyond -- the question of how to sustain life revolves around the physical necessities of oxygen, food and water. We know there is ...

Cometary science is a fascinating field that explores the composition, structure, and behavior of comets as they travel through the solar system. Comets are often described as "dirty snowballs ...

These unusual celestial entities, which are darker than regular comets, call into question long-held beliefs about the composition and behaviour of objects in our solar system. Why are dark comets ...

The search for water on the Moon has captivated scientists for decades. Beyond its implications for understanding planetary ...

The second visit of asteroid Apophis in 2036, also on April 13, heralds the coming of the Messiah and the beginning of a new ...

YR4, which was recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years, may have caused ...