Amino acids, the building blocks necessary for life, were previously found in samples of 4.6-billion-year-old rocks from an asteroid called Bennu, delivered to Earth in 2023 by NASA's OSIRIS-REx ...

Tiny grains of dust from asteroid Bennu are reshaping how scientists think life’s ingredients formed in space.

Last year, astronomers were fascinated by a runaway asteroid passing through our Solar System from somewhere far beyond. It was moving at around 68 kilometres per second, just over double Earth&rsquo ...

Scientists analyzing NASA’s Magellan radar data have discovered a massive underground lava tube on Venus, revealing new clues about the planet’s volcanic past.

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - A fresh examination of radar data for Venus obtained by NASA's Magellan spacecraft in the 1990s indicates the presence of a large underground cavity ...

An asteroid that is small can shift into the neighbourhood of earth at the tremendous speed yet still be considered routine. An object named 2026 CC is approximately 100 feet in diameter and traveling ...

As it races back into deep space, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has staged an unexpected finale, suddenly brightening and shedding material in a spectacular flare. The outburst, caught by a suite of ...

The Allende meteorite, which fell in 1969, has provided groundbreaking insights into the formation of the solar system and ...

With this new survey, astronomers have gained a peek inside a stage of exoplanet system formation they have yet to fully ...

Evidence of volcanic activity on Venus has been confirmed for the first time. An empty lava tube beneath the planet’s surface ...

Using HARPS and HARPS-N spectrographs, astronomers have observed a nearby K-type star designated HD 176986, known to host two ...

A new proposal suggests borrowing the "Conference of the Parties" model from climate diplomacy to update space law before ...