Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast expanse of icy bodies that may hold clues to the solar system’s formation. These ...

"The climate of this planet is extreme and nothing like that of Earth. The planet's dayside is so hot that elements typically thought of as 'metal' are vaporized into the atmosphere." ...

Two exciting new studies detail the life-supporting contents of a 4.3-ounce sample of the asteroid Bennu. The OSIRIS-REx ...

Leading scientists have made an exciting discovery in the depths of space that has been hailed as "invaluable" in the search for signs of life outside our solar system. A planet has been ...

15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found ... our understanding of the Earth-Moon system and the broader solar system.

Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...

Astronomers discovered supersonic ... and shows the planet has complex weather systems like Earth and other planets in our solar system. "Understanding the dynamics of these exoplanets helps ...

A planet-size object that possibly once visited the solar system may have permanently changed our cosmic neighborhood by warping the orbits of the four outer planets, a new study suggests.

The James Webb Space Telescope has given astronomers groundbreaking insight into a new type of planet described as unlike anything in our solar system. The discovery of the exoplanet, which orbits ...

“We have discovered ... a time capsule into our home planet’s history, and Bennu’s samples are pivotal in our understanding of what ingredients in our solar system existed before life ...

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 million kilometers from Earth.