Despite its small size, Mars seems to have a huge impact on the orbital cycles that govern Earth’s climate, especially those ...

It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth's oceans during the early Solar System.

Astronomers are testing a quieter way of searching for moons beyond the solar system, using careful measurements of motion ...

When a NASA scientist finally cracked open a cache of 50-year-old lunar soil, the expectation was to refine old models, not ...

Nuclear power on the Moon has moved from science fiction to a concrete target on the United States space agenda. NASA and the ...

For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This ...

A new NASA study using Apollo lunar soil samples challenges a long-held theory. It suggests meteorites were not the primary ...

A powerful new telescope spots an unusually large asteroid spinning faster than thought possible, challenging long held ideas ...

The original He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, which aired in the early 1980s, is a vivid tapestry of color and imagination. Its episodes transported viewers to Eternia, a world filled with ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to astronomer Sarah Greenstreet about her team's new discovery of the fastest-spinning large asteroid known to man.

The project has recently been submitted to the European Space Agency for consideration as a future mission. The current ...

Decades-old pictures of Pluto’s heart are breaking the Internet again. University of Oxford's Dr Carly Howett explains the science behind the New Horizons mission and that famous 5-billion-kilometre ...