Using NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft, TESS, astronomers and citizen scientists have discovered a record-breaking system ...

A NASA spacecraft knocked into an asteroid two years ago to test planetary defense. Now, a new mission will inspect the ...

A European spacecraft is on its way to get an up-close look at an asteroid that NASA deliberately crashed its own vehicle into two years ago.

In the outer reaches of the Solar System, beyond the ice giant Neptune, lies a ring of comets and dwarf planets known as the ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide at the surface of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope uncovers carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on Pluto’s moon Charon. This discovery, ...

It's a deceptively simple question that has puzzled astronomers since the 1960s. Now, thanks to data from NASA's New Horizons probe, they have arrived at the best-yet estimate of how dark — or rather, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully detected both carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the moon, adding to ...

If it does survive the trek into interstellar space, it won't be the first to get there. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, both ...

A team led by astronomer Silvia Protopapa from the Southwest Research Institute announced they’ve found carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on Charon’s surface.

The latest data adds to the understanding of chemical composition and the processes that have shaped the surface of Pluto's moon.

Chemical Makeup Artist Using new readings from NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have detected ...