The newly identified cluster of Kuiper Belt objects lies about 4 billion miles from the Sun, offering fresh clues about how ...

Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission ...

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

Proba-3 is creating artificial solar eclipses in space, giving scientists a steady new way to study the Sun’s inner corona ...

Humans have long imagined life on Mars, but what if the red planet actually delivered life to Earth in the first place?

Explains how Earths day length could extend to 25 hours over hundreds of millions of years due to lunar tides, and how this ...

Some scientific breakthroughs may be lost to time due to scandal and redaction, while others are simply a case of waiting for ...

Astronomers at Princeton University have uncovered evidence that the outer solar system is more structured than long believed. Led by astrophysics doctoral student Amir Siraj, the research points to a ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

If all goes according to NASA’s plans, 2026 will finally be the year that astronauts once again launch to the moon.

Throughout 2025, there have been several chances to spot the Northern Lights across Canada. The best of all these ...

The moon and sun share top billing in 2026. Kicking off the year's cosmic wonders is the moon, drawing the first astronauts ...