Comets without tails, called dark comets, are a newly discovered space object. Now, astronomers know they come in 2 classes.

One of the most unexpected delights of the museum is its collection of space-themed art. From paintings depicting alien ...

Why is space so dark despite all of the stars in the universe? The question of why space is dark, even though it is filled ...

Scientists recently led a team that found, for the first time, that Chiron has surface chemistry unlike other centaurs. Its surface it has both carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide ice along with carbon ...

Astronomers found hidden cosmic channels connecting our solar system to distant stars, reshaping views of interstellar space.

Galaxies in the early universe tend to be clumpy, but the new JWST discovery of a "grand design" spiral galaxy just 1.5 ...

Material from asteroid Ryugu riddled with earthly microbes provides a cautionary tale for scientists seeking signs of alien ...

Our solar system has fascinated mankind for thousands of years. Astronomical research is looking for answers to the big questions of human existence. How big is the universe- How did it come into ...

The Anthropic Principle, first proposed by Brandon Carter in 1973, suggests that the universe is “fine-tuned” to support life ...

A New Mexico-based astronomer is working to answer the oldest questions about the universe, thanks to multiple grants from ...

Some of these ices, such as methane, carbon dioxide, and water ice, may be primordial components ... in our solar system, ...

The galaxy filling the frame in this NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month is NGC 2566, a spiral ...