Jupiter currently shines as a brilliant silvery "star" in the constellation Gemini the Twins, low in the east-northeast sky ...

NASA has unveiled the largest planet-forming disc ever recorded, after capturing striking new images with the Hubble Space ...

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

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On January 5, 2005, astronomers at NASA discovered Eris, the second-largest dwarf planet in the solar system. Eris is just ...

NASA has taken a major step toward one of its most ambitious science goals as it searches for signs of life on planets beyond ...

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Astronomers are closing in on one of the most tantalizing possibilities in planetary science, evidence that a previously ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be confused for Mars. The alluvial basin is full of tan and gray regolith, hued ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured infant planets colliding around Fomalhaut, one of the brightest stars in the night ...

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