A meteorite that crashed in the Nubian Desert has offered a glimpse of our solar system's earliest days.
William Shatner is one of thousands of people whose names will soon be sent to the Sun on a memory card.
A renewed hunt for Earth-like worlds has yielded a haul of 95 previously undiscovered extrasolar planets.
The space rock known as 'Oumuamua is thought to have been tumbling around chaotically for billions of years.
Scientists have found new evidence to suggest that life could have arisen elsewhere in the solar system.
The next generation telescope will enable us to directly study the atmospheres of extrasolar planets.
The mysterious space rock contains micro-mineral compounds found nowhere else in the solar system.
Oumuamua, the first ever confirmed visitor to our solar system, has a thick layer of organic insulation.
The space agency has made an important new exoplanet discovery using a Google artificial intelligence.
An asteroid thought to have come from another solar system is to be checked for signs of alien technology.
The space agency will be making an announcement on Thursday about its latest groundbreaking discovery.
One viewer of August's total solar eclipse ended up with eye damage in the exact shape of the Sun.
Situated just 11 light years away, Ross 128 b is shaping up to be a promising place to look for life.
Observations of our closest neighboring star have revealed the possible presence of multiple planets.
Researchers have been able to trace the first ever recorded solar eclipse back to the time of the pharaohs.
Astronomers have observed an extrasolar planet with some of the weirdest weather conditions ever seen.
Solar observations made by a satellite were interrupted this week when the Moon made a sneaky appearance.
Scientists have developed a computer simulation that defines the exact orbit and behavior of Planet Nine.
A 'hot Jupiter' world situated 1,400 light years away reflects so little light that it appears pitch black.
For the first time, astronomers have picked up signs of titanium oxide on a distant extrasolar world.