Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six-planet "alignment" this January.

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

If everything in our solar system formed from the same solar nebula, why do the planets have different compositions? Herbert WichTitusville, Florida To better understand why the planets have variable ...

Helium can help scientists detect the speed and direction at which we’re moving through space. Deuterium, which is left over ...

Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's ...

The PUNCH mission will also involve creating an artificial total solar eclipse, which will provide an extended, ...

A large team of researchers working on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Collaboration, which has been analyzing eleven years' ...

The organic ingredients to life, hints to where Earth’s water came from, and the fundamental building blocks of our planet ...

A California power utility is seeking to end a contract early, leading to the closure of the world's largest solar power ...