Could a recently discovered "super-Earth" have the potential temperature and conditions to sustain life? The new exoplanet is situated "fairly close to us" -- only 137 light-years away -- and orbits ...

NASA estimates that roughly 25,000 near-Earth asteroids measuring at least 140 meters across orbit in our planetary neighborhood, but surveys have so far cataloged only about 40% of them. That gap ...

The question of whether asteroids pose a threat to our planet has captivated scientists and space enthusiasts alike. While the chances of a dangerous asteroid collision in a given year are relatively ...

This illustration shows an exoplanet orbiting around two brown dwarfs –– objects bigger than gas-giant planets but too small to be proper stars. ESO/M. Kornmesser Astronomers have discovered a ...

NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid that’s soaring towards Earth at nearly 8,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Estimated to measure ...

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory simulated one million satellite orbits in the vast stretch of space ...

NASA wants to build a giant spaceship to orbit the Moon — but ultimately it’s designed to help send humans to Mars. The Lunar Gateway is a critical aspect of NASA’s Artemis program, a multi-mission ...