A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides an explanation for ...

A team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) compared the early impact histories of Venus and Earth, discovering that Venus experienced higher-energy impacts, resulting in an overheated core.

Though the trio fits well inside a one-degree circle in the sky, they're actually a good study in astronomical distance. The Moon is only 385,000 kilometers (1.3 light-seconds) away, while Venus is ...

Late-stage planetary collisions reshaped Earth and its neighboring planets, delivering water, altering their atmospheres, and ...

Billions of years ago, our solar system looked very different. Learn why scientists think Mars and Venus may have been warm, ...

A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides an explanation for ...

Three celestial bodies will meet up for one night in September in a cosmic conjunction that should be widely visible in the ...

Three celestial bodies are preparing to meet up for one night in September in a cosmic conjunction that should be widely visible in the sky.

This week, a rare planet parade featuring Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will light up the early morning sky. A ...

A team of scientists has investigated how Earth’s twin became so inhospitable, and whether the same will happen to our planet ...

In the search for habitable exoplanets, atmospheric conditions play a key role in determining if a planet can sustain liquid ...

Who hasn't looked into the sky and wondered if there's life out there, somewhere, looking back at us? Is it possible there's ...