A FIERY hell-world that would instantly roast visitors alive has a vast lava ocean – and may be packed with rare gems. The ...

Eight distant worlds hold secrets that still puzzle scientists and spark endless curiosity. Each moon offers a strange allure ...

Earth” that sits in the temperate zone of its star, instantly vaulting it into the short list of worlds that might be able to ...

Rather than flowing magma, geological shifts on icy moons are produced by melting ice. The ice shells coating these moons wax ...

3I/ATLAS is only the third known interstellar visitor, hence the prefix “3I.” The second known interstellar body, Comet 2I/Borisov, was discovered by the Russian astronomer Gennady Borisov in August ...

Comet 3I Atlas was discovered by the NASA-funded ATLAS survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, and reported to the Minor ...

When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star's habitable zone. Water is a key ingredient for life, and on a planet too close to ...

Little is known about the long-destroyed moon-forming planet, Theia. But it may have been born in the inner solar system—just like Earth—a new study suggests ...

An international research team led by PD Dr. Florian Peissker at the University of Cologne has used the new observation ...

These images mark an early milestone in the mission, confirming that OSIRIS-APEX is healthy and on course for its 2029 ...

By monitoring the movement, health, and environmental conditions of thousands of animals at once, Project ICARUS hopes to ...

D-Orbit’s ION vehicles were launched Nov. 28 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The ION satellite carrier ...