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Water is the universal yardstick of comet science, the baseline for measuring how sunlight drives a comet's activity and ...

Humanity has achieved incredible milestones in space exploration, from landing on the Moon to sending probes beyond our solar system—but true interstellar travel remains far beyond our reach. This ...

Witnessing a meteor, or \"shooting star,\" is a dazzling event caused by tiny space rocks burning up in Earth's atmosphere.

A NASA spacecraft touched down on the rugged surface of the Bennu asteroid on Tuesday, grabbing a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to bring home.

Japan has retrieved a capsule of asteroid dust from Australia's remote outback after a six-year mission that may help uncover more about the origins of the planets and water, the Asian nation's space ...

The comets can be seen from the Northern Hemisphere as their orbits take them through our cosmic backyard. Two such ...

"As far as I know, there are no protocols for responding to the discovery of functioning alien devices near Earth." ...

An interstellar visitor is speeding through the solar system, and within weeks, astronomers hope to learn whether it's a natural wanderer or something far more extraordinary. The ...

Two newly discovered comets are streaking across the sky in a spectacular display as they make their closest approaches to ...

Harvard professor Avi Loeb suggests the newly discovered interstellar object 3I/ATLAS might be alien technology. Unusual ...

An artist's rendering of two comets that will make a near-earth passes later this month. The first, known as SWAN, will pass ...