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NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Hunter (TESS) telescope has discovered the largest 'super-Earth' ever seen, 200 light-years away, dubbed TOI-1075b.

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Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding is less than previously thought, with a ...

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, ...

Venus, often called Earth's "sister planet," remains one of the most mysterious worlds in our solar system. Covered by a ...

Co-orbital asteroids – space rocks that travel alongside planets without fully orbiting them – are notoriously difficult to ...

The White House’s budget plan for NASA would be woefully inadequate for achieving near-term human voyages to Mars, experts ...

This month will usher in two separate conjunctions — one between the moon and a rarely-visible Mercury, and another between ...

During the month of June you will be able to see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Neptune and Jupiter in the sky at different ...