Known as the "Parade of Planets," the celestial event will feature appearances from Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune and ...

NASA scientists found amino acids, key minerals, and nucleobases for DNA in samples from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission.

NASA has rekindled interest in Uranus and Neptune by revealing a ground-breaking discovery regarding the two ice giants. Scientists have discovered thousands of distinct objects in the furthest ...

Certain extreme planets are called ultra-short period objects if they're very close to their stars and orbit them in mere hours, like K2-22b.

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...

A handful of planets in the solar system are expected to line up in the night sky for a few days in January 2025. Here's when ...

Amazing views of Jupiter over the years via the Hubble Space Telescope. The moons of Io, Ganymede and hazy Uranus can be observed. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Simon (NASA-GSFC), M. H. Wong (UC ...

Scientists from NASA and other institutions who have been analyzing the Bennu asteroid sample that returned to Earth last ...

All forms of Earth life have specific chemicals in their makeup, such as amino acids and sugars. Scientists have known that ...

Tonight and throughout January, stargazers can see a planetary alignment in the night sky or what some are calling a ...

Planets always appear along a line known as the ecliptic, said NASA, so the "alignment" isn't necessarily special. What's ...

Currently, six planets are visible in the sky in a line—and soon enough, a seventh will join them, according to the BBC. And ...