Recent research indicates Mercury, the solar system's smallest planet, is shrinking due to its cooling interior. As Mercury's ...

What processes were responsible for Jupiter’s formation? This is what a recent study published in Scientific Reports hopes to ...

The researchers used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), located in the Atacama Desert of Chile, to identify this very young planet, named WISPIT 2b, which orbits a ...

Astronomers at UC Santa Cruz have developed a new model to better understand “steam worlds,” or water-rich sub-Neptunes – ...

The core of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has long been a source of mystery for astronomers. Conventional ...

In the vastness of the solar system, Valles Marineris captivates countless explorers with its spectacular scale and mysterious origin story. Today, let us revisit the discovery journey of this natural ...

How do tidal forces shape a planet's orbital evolution, especially for those in the habitable zone? A recently submitted ...

Rowan University geology chair Harold Connolly, Jr., Ph.D., who serves as mission sample scientist for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx ...

An international team of astronomers, co-led by researchers at the University of Galway, has made the unexpected discovery of ...

Astronomers have discovered a brand new type of planet outside our solar system that, even in its infancy, is already bigger ...

One of the papers is the first major study of the chemistry of Bennu, published today in Nature Astronomy, revealing that the sample is chemically primitive and contains a mixture of materials with ...

Travel through time to witness some of the most remarkable episodes in our solar system's history, uncovering its ancient ...