Earth has a new moon, but don’t get too attached. Earth has a new moon, but don’t get too attached. Our planet’s gravity ...

Asteroid 99942 Apophis will pass within 20,000 miles of Earth on April 13, 2029, offering scientists a rare opportunity to study a large asteroid at close range. But new research has identified an ...

The Orionids — one of two major meteor showers caused by remnants from Halley’s comet — will peak this week, though a large moon will dim visibility until after it sets late at night. During the peak ...

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station photographed a remarkable formation in Madagascar that looks surprisingly similar to the Moon’s bright highlands. Made of anorthosite, a rock ...

Mysterious rings of planetary debris around a dead star suggest that rocky worlds may survive stellar death, offering clues ...

New findings from a European Space Agency spacecraft suggest that Mars may still have volcanic activity beneath its surface.

A mysterious celestial object has arrived from outside the solar system.Last time, I talked about 'Tabby's Star,' where a ...

An attorney argues that private space colonization could shift power from governments to billionaires and give space-based ...

Good morning. Here is your Halloween morning space news. Today's main story is a Martian rock found in the Sahara Desert that ...

If you’ve ever looked at a piece of raw amethyst and felt something shift in your chest, something like wonder mixed with the vague suspicion that the Earth has been showing off behind your back, then ...

Earth is retaining more energy than it releases, with oceans absorbing most excess heat. Scientists combine ocean and satellite measurements to carefully track this imbalance.

A Tucson family is planning a wake of sorts for a doomed NASA space telescope that is named after an astrophysicist who grew ...