"I'm becoming much more optimistic that we may be able to find life beyond Earth, even in our own solar system." ...
Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...
New research announced by NASA on Tuesday details a bevy of exciting discoveries from asteroid dust that could provide clues ...
Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts ...
We knew from prior analyses that a distant asteroid sampled in 2020 carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-start ...
Aliens may have lived in our solar system, according to new research. NASA scientists have unveiled evidence that the dwarf planet Ceres—the largest body in the asteroid belt between Mars and ...
At first glance, the dwarf planet Ceres hardly inspires dreams of alien life. Orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt, it is a frigid, gray world, battered and cracked. Its surface ...
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) currently recognizes five dwarf planets in our solar system, though there are likely many more. The most famous of the bunch is Pluto, way out beyond the ...