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 ...

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

Researchers refined the trajectory of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter data, improving predictions and enabling precise monitoring for scientific study and planetary defense ...

Launched with 1970s technology, the Voyager probes were sent on a path through the seemingly deadly asteroid belt and past the rings of gas giants. This is the story of how they navigated these cosmic ...

Scientists combine observations from Mars missions to get the clearest and most accurate track of 3I/Atlas so far.

Key Findings The moon once dismissed as the solar system's most hostile environment may now sit directly in the path of an ...

NASA maintains 3I/ATLAS is simply a comet. Still, Loeb commented that if spacecraft such as Juno detect unfamiliar hardware orbiting Jupiter after ATLAS passes, it would force humanity to rethink its ...

Mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could be passing by Jupiter to "seed" the planet with "technological devices." ...

If we find technological satellites of Jupiter that we did not send, it would imply that Jupiter is of interest to an ...

Scientists traced the Moon's parent planet Theia to the inner Solar System, solving a 4.5-billion-year mystery.

When Galileo pointed his telescope at Saturn and Jupiter, he had just discovered the nature of two giant planets. Later came Uranus and Neptune, two more gas giants. Since then, astronomers have ...

The James Webb Telescope is reshaping our understanding of distant worlds, revealing exoplanet atmospheres, potential ...