The Philae lander from European Space Agency's Rosetta mission's landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Credit: ESA - ...

A new computational method gleans more information than its predecessors from maps showing how galaxies are clustered and threaded throughout the universe.

When you first learned about the Solar System, you probably saw diagrams that made it look orderly, with planets arranged in ...

The so-called 'planetesimal belts' are filled with tiny millimeter-sized particles created by collisions between comets.

While the 62-foot-tall (19 meters), four-stage Ceres-1 can send 880 pounds (400 kilograms) to low Earth orbit (LEO), the ...

NASA has successfully tested innovative shape memory alloy spring tires for Mars rovers, enhancing durability on rugged terrain. Shape memory alloys are metals that return to their original shape ...

Planetesimal belts, remnants of the planet formation process, hold a wealth of clues about planetary systems beyond our own.

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The asteroid is estimated to be between 656 and 1,443 feet across, and will pass at 16 times the distance to the moon.

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Arrokoth is composed of two separate bodies, 3 and 9 miles across. In the distant past they rotated so slowly about each other that their mutual gravitational attraction caused them to come together ...