Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast expanse of icy bodies that may hold clues to the solar system’s formation. These ...

An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.

Our Solar System is a carefully balanced celestial dance held together by a virtually perfect balance of gravity and inertia.

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But ...

Earth System Sciences is an interdisciplinary field that studies the interactions between the Earth's physical, chemical, biological, and human systems. Recent research in this area has focused on ...

Here are some pics of most earth-like exoplanets uploaded by NASA: Gliese 667Cc, 22 light-years from Earth, is 4.5 times Earth's mass, orbits its cooler red dwarf star in 28 days, and likely resides ...

The exoplanet, which has been named HD 20794 d, orbits in the ‘habitable zone’ of a nearby star similar to our sun.

Although they don't impact the surface directly, historical evidence and simulations suggest airbursts can pack a punch.

"There are still many things related to planetary formation and the early evolution of young planetary systems that we don't ...

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.

Astronomers discovered supersonic winds on a giant gas planet located over 500 light-years from Earth. In a study released ...

Your navigation system just got a critical update, one that happens periodically because Earth’s magnetic north pole keeps moving. Here’s what to know.