Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

The search for life beyond Earth is a holy grail quest for many experts, but finding where to look is a core issue.

Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.

In most of the environments we currently study, we know too little about the conditions to meaningfully attempt such models – except for some solar system bodies, such as Saturn’s Enceladus.

HVILINA’s Universum Cosmographia is a 3D planetarium watch blending medieval star maps with modern horology Limited to 500 ...

The core of the Red Planet may be filled with sulfur. New experiments have shown that the core of Mars formed much faster ...

In most of the environments we currently study, we know too little about the conditions to meaningfully attempt such models – except for some solar system bodies, such as Saturn’s Enceladus.

James Webb’s mid-infrared vision has likely captured a frigid, Saturn-mass planet shaping the dusty rings around the nearby ...

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system’s many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the public on Monday. At the American Museum of Natural History last fall ...

With 3.2 billion pixels and a decade-long search, the Rubin Observatory will reveal what’s been hiding in plain sight.

In a groundbreaking achievement, the European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission has captured unprecedented images of the Sun's ...

With an estimated diameter of roughly 700 kilometers (435 miles), 2017 OF201 could be the second-largest known object in so broad an orbit, after Pluto, among the far solar system’s larger ...