Billions of years ago, Earth was home to extreme environments, including intense UV radiation, frequent volcanic eruptions, ...

Are there hidden planets in our solar system? New technologies, like the powerful Rubin Observatory, brings us closer to ...

The solar system has nine planets, but in 2006 the International Astronomical Union declared Pluto a dwarf planet, making the ...

Astronomers are investigating the possibility of a hidden ninth planet beyond Neptune, which could explain unusual orbital patterns in the Kuiper Belt.

Tiny grains from asteroid Ryugu are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. The findings suggest the distal solar system ...

Since NASA's Juno spacecraft entered Jupiter's orbit in July 2016 and began transmitting image data, the world has gotten ...

A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...

When we think of exoplanets that may be able to support life, we home in on the habitable zone. A habitable zone is a region ...

Research indicates that the James Webb Space Telescope could help confirm the presence of life-supporting atmospheres on exoplanets in the "Goldilocks zone," enhancing the likelihood of discovering ...

Planet-forming disks are rapidly disintegrated when blasted with high-energy radiation from massive young stars.

N ASA's planetary defense telescope Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) has burned up in the ...