Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

A glass bead retrieved by China's Chang'e-5 lunar mission is offering a glimpse into the moon's hidden interior and violent past. Witness live views of Earth from the International Space Station as it ...

Exoplanets—planets that orbit stars beyond our solar system—have transformed our understanding of the universe. Since the ...

Stars that pass close to the solar system could pull planets out of alignment, sending them hurtling into the sun or out into ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made the first-ever and long-anticipated detection of ice outside of our own solar system. The frozen water was found within a debris disk circling HD 181327, a ...

For decades, astronomers have discovered hundreds of protoplanetary disks—structures believed to represent the early stages ...

Space Solar's successful "Cassidi" project marks a significant step towards delivering continuous, clean energy from space.