This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

NASA has discovered a new world, named Gliese 12 b. It is roughly the size of Earth, lies in the habitable zone, and orbits every 12.8 days.

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our nearest solitary stellar neighbor ...

This illustration shows what the planetary system may look like from one of the rocky ... Pollard A quartet of Earth-like worlds, each about 20% to 30% the size of our planet, circle one of ...