Astronomers have found a 710-metre-wide asteroid that spins once every 1.9 minutes, so fast that it should have spun itself ...

NASA’s planetary science program is still facing a funding shortfall that requires “strategic choices” about which missions to continue.

The surface of asteroid Bennu has long left questions for scientists after a NASA planetary science mission showed the asteroid was actually more rough and jagged than previously expected.

We're starting to see just how exceptional our own solar system and its history is, as more exoplanets are discovered. A fourth exoplanet discovery in the LHS 1903 system made by ESA's CHEOPS mission ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - Using ground-penetrating radar, NASA's Perseverance rover has detected ...

Today, the Sahara is a 3.6-million-square-mile expanse of blistering sand, sweeping dunes, and barren rock. It defines the very concept of an inhospitable wasteland. Yet, hidden deep within the arid ...

As NASA gears up for the launch of Artemis 2, the agency is revising its moon landing strategy, aiming to make future ...

There are worlds like hot Jupiters, gigantic and very hot, as well as ocean worlds and super-Earths with a rocky structure ...

China signals new target for 2027 asteroid deflection test China has identified a new target near-Earth asteroid for its first planetary defense kinetic test mission, which is scheduled to launch in ...

As part of its 2026-2027 departmental plan, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has cancelled its ambitious lunar rover that ...

Two microscopic grains collide and produce a tiny spark. This phenomenon may have provided the energy to kick off life on Earth. But if these solid particles have the same composition, what factor ...

Asteroids! From 2024 YR 4's possible lunar impact to the DART mission's impact of Dimophos, we look at how scientists are ...