A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...
Fantasizing about interplanetary exploration is a fun mental exercise, but the harsh realities of life (or lack thereof) in ...
Our solar system didn't form by accident. This video explains the blueprint that created rocky worlds like Earth and Mars ...
SPHERE’s detailed images of dusty rings around young stars offer a rare glimpse into the hidden machinery of planet formation ...
Images captured by NASA's Parker Solar Probe as the spacecraft made its record-breaking closest approach to the sun in ...
Before the ribbon-cutting for the solar system walk on the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail on Nov. 29, created by WHS Astronomy ...
The two outermost planets in the solar system are generally considered ice giants, yet we know little about their interiors.
Researchers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky ...
New high-contrast images from SPHERE show a stunning variety of debris disks shaped by collisions of tiny planet-building ...
A different study by scientist Matthew Hopkins at the University of Oxford and colleagues, used a model that focused on the ...
Mercury is the innermost and smallest of the eight major planets in our Solar System, orbiting closest to the Sun. Though ...
Burst from M-dwarf star could be powerful enough to strip the atmosphere of any planets that orbit it, with implications for ...