Oxygen is crucial for life as we know it, but before it could build up in our atmosphere, earth had to slow down. Hosted by: ...

Thanks to a speed-up of Earth's rotation, the length of the astronomical day and the length of the clock day aren't quite ...

We have all been taught in school that planets revolve in the same direction as the Earth, i.e., in the counterclockwise ...

A powerful new telescope spots an unusually large asteroid spinning faster than thought possible, challenging long held ideas ...

When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...

In the bigger picture, "down" could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.

The space rock, known as “2026 AJ” and 40 feet in diameter, is hurtling towards our planet at around 20,500 miles per hour.

"This is the largest solar radiation storm in over 20 years," the Space Weather Prediction Center said on Monday.

Jupiter and Saturn's different polar storms reveal clues about planet interiors: Saturn has harder bottom than Jupiter.

Over the years, passing spacecraft have observed mystifying weather patterns at the poles of Jupiter and Saturn. The two ...

Long-term observations reveal that at least some fast radio bursts are linked to magnetars orbiting companion stars.

A Mars spacecraft has now been AWOL for more than a month. But NASA hasn't given up hope of restoring contact with the MAVEN ...