The May 2024 solar storm created two new temporary belts of high-energy particles surrounding Earth. The findings are ...

A historic solar storm in May 2024 not only triggered spectacular auroras but also created two new temporary radiation belts ...

The chances of the asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 appear to have doubled, but an asteroid hunter explains to Space.com why this isn't cause for concern.

Astronomers were left red-faced after announcing the discovery of a new near-Earth asteroid, only to discover that the ...

W hat Michelle Yeoh offers as a star, on the surface, is exactly what Star Trek needs. In the early years of her career — ...

Astronomers have finally unlocked a crucial piece of the planet formation puzzle by detecting the magnetic fingerprint of a young star’s protoplanetary disk. Using ALMA, researchers observed how dust ...

Earliest inner solar system planetesimals shaped the inventory of moderately volatile elements in terrestrial planets.

South Africa has taken one giant leap into exoplanet discovery capabilities and astronomical research with the launch of the ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

Measurements and data collected from space can be used to better understand life on Earth. An ambitious, multinational research project has demonstrated that Earth's biodiversity can be monitored and ...

NASA's upcoming Pandora mission will complement the James Webb Space Telescope by making it easier to detect water in the atmospheres of distant exoplanets.