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The Perseverance rover is trundling across Mars's Jezero Crater, on its way to explore the site of an ancient river delta -- and it's got a friend with it.

Jellyfish galaxies have a main body of stars, with tentacle-like structures reaching off away from the body in just one direction.

When NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid, it wasn't only a thrilling test of planetary defense. It was also a unique opportunity for scientists.

Exoplanet VHS 1256 b, around 40 light-years away, has an unusual atmosphere where clouds of sand float in temperatures of 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit.

It wasn't aliens that sent an interstellar comet to visit our solar system. The explanation is a phenomenon called outgassing.

Take a virtual flight over the famous Jezero Crater on Mars, thanks to the European Space Agency.

An asteroid will pass within 100,000 miles of Earth, which is around half the distance between Earth and the moon.

Researchers looked through almost 40-year-old data from the NASA Voyager 2 mission and found something unexpected.

Our planet isn't the only place in the solar system with dramatic weather changes - Hubble recently captured seasonal changes to two of the outer planets.

Before-and-after shots from the Hubble Space Telescope show changing weather on Jupiter and Uranus.