Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, may hold answers to fundamental questions about the Solar System. This dwarf ...

Currently, eight missions from the U.S., European Union, Russia, and India are actively orbiting Mars or roving across its surface. But getting safely to the red planet is no small feat.

On January 8, 2025, the spacecraft made its sixth flyby of the small planet located ... miles of Mercury’s surface, enabling it to capture close-up images of the planet. It passed the planet ...

The odds that the space rock, 2024 YR4, will smash into our planet in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, leading astronomers to conclude that we are no longer in danger.

A new study led by Brown University researchers shows a water-rich mineral could explain the planet’s color — and hint at its wetter, more habitable past.

In January 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei spotted what he thought were four small stars ... looks at the planet's poles, which revealed cyclone swarms gyrating on its surface with roots that ...