Astronomers have found two planets around two separate stars that are succumbing to their stars' intense heat.

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

Last week, the European Space Agency (ESA) gave the asteroid a 1.3 per cent chance of hitting the Earth on Dec. 22, 2032.

In this series, we cover provocative questions in astronomy. This week: the mysterious extragalactic signals known as Fast ...

Researchers have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in unprecedented samples collected from the ...

Uranus has the craziest tilt in your Solar System. Its tilt is about ninety-eight degrees. That means its north pole is ...

It's thought that rocky or terrestrial planets keep in toward ... the insides heat, and the planet's own gravity pulls it into a sphere, dragging the heaviest elements down toward the core.

From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ...

Then, those blasted-off pieces coalesced, like a pile of rocky rubble that is weakly held together by gravity ... atmospheric entry and exposure to terrestrial contamination,” Glavin said.

A newly discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, may strike Earth in December 22, 2032, according to Nasa. Just in time for Christmas.

For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...