While Mars today only has a wispy remnant of an atmosphere, it may once have had one hundreds of times thicker with a ...

The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of ...

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

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.

Dwarf planet Makemake may not be as inactive as astronomers believed, as per recent readings by JWST Researchers have detected something very unique in Makemake, a dwarf planet beyond Neptune in the ...

Lasers aren't just useful for entertaining cats or pointing out features of PowerPoint slides. They can also drill holes on ...

It’s been just over 48 years since Voyager 1 was launched on September 5, 1977 from Cape Canaveral, originally to study our Solar System’s planets. Voyager 1 would explore Jupiter and ...

The sun has become increasingly active since 2008, a new NASA study shows. Solar activity is known to fluctuate in cycles of 11 years, but there are longer-term variations that can last decades. Case ...

Do we know what space actually smells like? And what about other planets, moons, and celestial bodies? Here's what the ...

The clear views of Saturn are because it will be making its closest pass to us here on Earth for 2025, giving us the clearest and brightest view we’ll get all year. It will be ‘in opposition’ this ...

University of Virginia astronomy undergraduates focus on the shadows of asteroids and dwarf planets for their Earth-bound observations.

A planetary perspective on the relationship between life and energy, and the emergence of a life form whose influence extends ...