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

Astronomers were fascinated after spotting an object from interstellar space hurtling through the solar system earlier this ...

Researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed for the first ...

Here, the 'ice volcano' does not erupt molten rock, but rather 'ice magma' formed from a mixture of water ice, liquid brine, ...

Looking back at the history of scientific research, studies on celestial bodies at the edge of the solar system have always ...

The Kuiper Belt is loosely defined as a doughnut-shaped swath of space beginning just beyond the orbit of Neptune and ...

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

Called 3I/ATLAS, the object is only the third of its kind known to astronomers, and it’s likely been heading our way for ...

Concentrated hydrogen in the galaxy’s spiral arms can be locked away in zircon crystals, providing startling clues about the ...

NASA unveiled a new discovery inside our solar system. We had only seen these big lakes filled with water on Earth - but this ...

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

New Mexico State University Astronomy Associate Professor Wladimir Lyra has received a new $450,000 grant from the National ...