The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many ...

Aliens may have been closer to Earth than first thought. New research from NASA reveals that Ceres, the dwarf planet in the ...

The Solar System has a total of 419 known moons around planets. If we count dwarf planets, asteroids, and other worlds, the ...

Astronomers have picked up evidence of an Earth-sized world, distinct from the previously hypothesised Planet Nine and Planet ...

The new image, which shows Earth along with an even smaller point of light coming from the moon, harkens back to Carl Sagan's ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured the sharpest-ever view of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, revealing clues about ...

U-M astronomers are helping study a fast-moving, ancient, and massive comet that formed beyond our galaxy. A group of ...

Astronomers found hidden cosmic channels, like tunnels, connecting our solar system to distant stars, reshaping views of ...

Travel through time to witness some of the most remarkable episodes in our solar system's history, uncovering its ancient ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission, which delivered over 120 grams (4.2 ounces) of Bennu ’s soil to Earth in 2023, is the largest haul of ...