The period known as "cosmic noon," which took place roughly 2 to 3 billion years after the Big Bang, was characterized by the ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), including scientists from the National Center of Competence in ...

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

The eyes of every astronomer widened this year when an interstellar traveler was discovered in our solar system.

At the vast edge of the solar system, Pluto has long been perceived as a cold and lonely dwarf planet. However, a recent ...

This quiz invites you to chase comets through time and space, from ancient omens to modern scientific marvels.

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

There, nitrogen and methane have turned into ice, covering the entire planet. Yet in this icy landscape, scientists speculate that there may be a liquid ocean beneath the ice, and this ocean might ...

The coldest planet in the Solar System is Uranus, which is surprisingly colder than Neptune due to its unique internal heat ...

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

The first system observed and analysed as part of ATREIDES is called TOI-421. It has two planets: a hot Neptune, TOI-421 c, ...

The UK government and solar industry have jointly published a long-anticipated roadmap detailing how to maximise the ...