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

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 small rock captured the world's attention when ... While the asteroid never posed a threat to our planet, it did intrigue astronomers, who rushed to study it before it bid farewell and ...

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.

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.

“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...

The Blue Ghost lunar mission has captured a gorgeous image of Earth as it ramps up its journey toward the moon.

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 ...

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.

Explore Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, and discover its remarkable ancient ocean and ice-rich crust.

The first color aerial photo captured of the surface of Mars During NASA's Ingenuity helicopter's second successful flight on Mars, on April 22, it took color aerial photos of the planet's surface.