New simulations suggest that up to four of the solar system's rocky planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, once ...

A study has suggested that this motion of our star through the galaxy potentially takes us through regions of space that could affect our planet's climate. According to the study, the Solar System may ...

At these distances, the satellites remain within Earth’s protective magnetic shield and can reliably measure the planet’s ...

Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest planets in our solar system, should be widely visible for much of August in the northern ...

Scientists want to send a spacecraft to intercept the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS before it vanishes for good.

Placing an atomic energy source on the lunar surface is “not science fiction,” experts say, but does pose technical ...

Baba Vanga predicted that aliens would make contact with Earth in 2025. A scientist has claimed that the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS moving towards the inner solar system is an alien mothership that ...

A useful primer explains how cosmic exploration has been commercialised and explores the challenges in policing this new wild west ...

Nasa's powerful James Webb Space Telescope is showing us something humankind has never witnessed firsthand before: The birth ...

A strange shift in Earth's rotation is making our days milliseconds shorter — and scientists are racing to understand why.

I don't think space or lunar tourism is going to be the big draw that transforms the moon into something unrecognizable.

A comet that was born in another solar system and could be billions of years old is hurdling through Earth’s solar system — a ...