New research suggests that the planets in the Solar System may be acting as pacifiers for the Sun, subduing its activity. A ...

Early Earth lacked life’s essentials until a collision with Theia added them. This chance event made life possible. After the ...

Discover Our Solar System Through Detailed 3D Models Forget dusty textbooks and flat diagrams. We’re talking about ...

Mainstream theories suggest that ultra-short period planets did not start in their current positions but migrated from ...

There exists a very special class of planets in the universe—ultra-short period planets. They are like "mysterious visitors" from interstellar space, challenging traditional understanding with their ...

Astronomers may have demoted Pluto from full-fledged planet to dwarf status, but evidence suggests the solar system may still ...

Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of "steam worlds"—exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes that are rich in water but orbit ...

A high-precision time measurement system based on the radioactive decay of manganese-53 was used to determine the precise age ...

Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS that have been captured in planet-forming disks around young stars could become the seeds ...

A Southwest Research Institute-led team has reported the first detection of gas on the distant dwarf planet Makemake, using ...

Webb uncovers methane on Makemake, showing the icy dwarf planet is more active than once thought - just like Pluto.

Unpredictable and abrupt changes in the climate are fast approaching, but the rapid uptake of electric vehicles and solar power shows that societies can also ‘tip’ in ways that might head off the ...