During the early days of our solar system, giant impacts were common occurrences. Earth likely experienced such an impact ...

The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many ...

WASHINGTON — Summer's most dazzling meteor shower, the Perseids, peaks early Wednesday. At the same time, Venus and Jupiter ...

Astronomers are investigating a little-known and largely unseen group of asteroids that quietly orbit the sun alongside Venus — and there may be many more of them than we thought. "It's like ...

Water is essential for life on Earth. So, the liquid must be a requirement for life in other worlds. For decades, scientists' definition of habitability on other planets has rested on this assumption.

The Perseid meteor shower, known for bright meteors, will see reduced visibility this year, with only 10 to 20 meteors per ...

Additional pieces of the meteorite can be viewed at the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia, where it will be publicly displayed.

"It belongs to a group of asteroids in the main asteroid belt between Mars and ... an unusually bright meteor that reaches a ...

Scientists from MIT explore how life could exist without water, using ionic liquids in extreme planetary environments.

At the same time, Venus and Jupiter will converge in the sky — overlapping like a very bright star. If your focus is the meteor shower, it's worth knowing that this year a bright moon will ...