YR4 has a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth in December of 2032 as it continues to move in its orbit around 27 million miles away from Earth.

Scientists confirm the existence of liquid water on Mars, altering our understanding of the Red Planet. Evidence of wave ...

Less than 24 hours after the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of a new asteroid ...

The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

The 3.7-billion-year-old formations in the planet's Gale Crater suggest the presence of long-gone bodies of liquid water, ...

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years from Earth. The "promising" super-Earth - ...

UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of ...

Experts told Newsweek about the difficulties of reaching Mars as the United States faces complex challenges in space policy.

Planetary defense is a global imperative, of course, but for the time being, NASA — and, by extension, the United States — is ...

Thirty years after the discovery of the first exoplanet, we detected more than 7000 of them in our Galaxy. But there are ...