Hale-Bopp originated in the Oort Cloud, a theoretical shell of icy planetesimals surrounding the sun in the outer reaches of ...

Star Trek is going full steam ahead with a brand new film, dubbed by the fandom and the media at-large as "Star Trek Origins" ...

Though officially full on Friday, November 15, at 4:29 p.m. EST, the moon will also look plenty full and bright all night ...

On 1971, Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit Mars. At the time, scientists didn't know much about the Red Planet.

"There seems to be no limit for the degree of chemical complexity that interstellar space is able to fabricate." ...

Most of Earth’s meteorites can be linked to just ... tumultuous history of the solar system’s formative years, but the origins of these ancient space rocks are often unknown (SN: 4/18/18).

NOVA presents some startling new answers in "Origins," a groundbreaking four-part NOVA miniseries hosted by dynamic astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the ...

Scientists have identified one of the largest carbon-based molecules in space yet. It could help us decode the origins of ...

A team of international researchers has discovered that the vast majority of the asteroids that collide with Earth come from just three families of asteroids, which can all be traced back to a ...