Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...

The object gained an official name, C/2025 N1 or 3I/ATLAS, on Wednesday. Moving at a record-setting speed for an interstellar ...

Researchers from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Columbia University ...

Over 6,000 years old and still a site for worship, Stonehenge remains a unique place. As the first rays of the sun shine into ...

This explorer spacecraft is heading to a rare asteroid with a naked metal core. It could hold clues to how Earth began ...

An international team, led by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researcher Ângela Santos, has made the first ...

The Proba-3 spacecraft succeed at creating solar eclipses, kicking off a two-year mission to study the sun’s mysterious outer atmosphere, the corona.

The solstice is one of the few occasions each year when visitors are allowed to walk among the stones, which are otherwise ...

Here are the phases of the Moon for June. The phases of the Moon for June 2025. You can stay up to date on all of NASA's missions exploring the solar system and beyond at NASA Science. I'm Preston ...

A 2022 study published in the scientific journal Antiquity proposes that Stonehenge’s structure keeps track of the 365.25-day solar year, with one group of stones marking 30-day months, another ...

Astrophotographer Josh Dury captured the event unfolding over the iconic astronomical monument Stonehenge, in Wiltshire, England. Stonehenge, constructed around 5,000 years ago, is one of the ...

On March 29, a partial solar eclipse was visible over eastern North America and Europe, putting on a dramatic show for those lucky enough to have clear skies and front-row seats. Astrophotographer ...