The formation of Mercury remains an unsolved mystery. The planet closest to the sun has a disproportionately large metallic ...

The formation of Mercury remains an unsolved mystery. The planet closest to the Sun has a disproportionately large metallic core – accounting for ...

Earth is the only planet in our solar system with a single moon, making it a rare phenomenon for a planet of its kind.

A recent study has sparked intrigue by suggesting the existence of a mysterious object from beyond our solar system behaving ...

X, an advanced adaptive optics system on the 6.5-meter Magellan Telescope in Chile. The instrument detects hydrogen-alpha (Hα ...

Astronomers are buzzing over 3I/ATLAS, a mysterious object hurtling through our solar system, and a new theory claims it can create planets.

Fast-moving objects like interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be planet-forming seeds, potentially helping to solve an old Solar ...

The unusual behaviour of the 'very common' asteroid has sparked worries over our preparedness for future impact.

Many planetary systems are born in slightly tilted protoplanetary disks, which would explain the misaligned orbits from the ...

Natural gas was pitched as a bridge from coal to renewables. Fifteen years later, the bridge seems to extend endlessly into ...

An international team of scientists has studied potential 'water world' planets, finding that while exoplanets primarily composed of water, known as sub-Neptunes, may be rare, Earth-like planets could ...

Natural gas was pitched as a stopgap between fossil fuels and renewables. Instead, it has derailed Pennsylvania’s energy ...