The Martian moons Phobos and Deimos may be remnants of an asteroid that got too close to Mars and was destroyed by its ...

Selected from more than 2.3 million images taken this year, National Geographic has revealed the 2024 Pictures of the Year.

See 10 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

Kegerreis and his team propose that an asteroid may have been captured by Mars' gravity but was then torn apart, creating a ...

National Geographic revealed its annual Pictures of the Year issue. The photos show wildlife, scientific innovations, and ...

The first-ever close-up of an extragalactic star looks different than expected and might give a view of what stars look like at the end of their lives.

Astronomers have taken the first close-up image of a star beyond our galaxy, and it’s a “monster star” surrounded by a cocoon ...

Phobos and Deimos could have formed from asteroid debris, a new study suggests. An upcoming sample return mission will help test the idea.

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument uses a telescope in Tucson, Arizona, to create a map of the universe's ...

The hacker allegedly facilitated over 1,000 Phobos ransomware attacks targeting government agencies, critical infrastructure, ...

NASA's Curiosity rover says farewell to the funky sulfur stones of the Gediz Vallis channel with an immersive panorama view from Mars.

The conspiracy resulted in the extortion of more than $16 million in ransom payments, prosecutors said Monday.