There's a new race in space, but it's not where you might think. It's happening close to home – in the nearest bit of space, ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

NASA shares an iconic image of carbon dioxide ice erupting in geysers when Martian winter turns to spring.

By tracing the corkscrew wobble of two stars as they move through the sky, the Gaia space mission has discovered one new ...

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years away from Earth - and it's believed to ...

First discovered in 2009, GJ 1214 b is described by the JWST team as being “sub-Neptune-sized” - smaller than the outermost ...

Astronomers have discovered a large Earth-like planet orbiting a distant star that could be home to alien life. The exoplanet ...

Scientists found an intriguing world in our galaxy.

The great planetary parade in February 2025 will see five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.

Edward Bloomer, an astronomer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England, explains that this discovery has more to do with the observation of orbits of other planets. "In about 1604 ...