"Solar system formation models using the new solar composition successfully reproduce the compositions of large Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) and carbonaceous chondrite meteorites, in light of the newly ...

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 ...

Legendary Star Lacks Evidence for Large Planet Construction Ever since the dawn of human consciousness, skywatchers have been ...

Last week, three tiny Australian satellites from Curtin University's Binar Space Program burned up in Earth's atmosphere.

Tree rings reveal ancient solar storms, helping scientists predict and prepare for future events that could disrupt ...

"One of the spacecraft's instruments is JunoCam, a two-megapixel camera designed to capture the dynamics of Jupiter's clouds and satellites," Dmitry Bisikalo said ...

Vega provided the first telescopic evidence of a disk of planet-forming material, but there are no planets to be found around ...

The nearby bright star Vega is surrounded by a surprisingly smooth, 100 billion-mile-wide disk of cosmic dust, confirming ...

If Voyager 2 had arrived a week earlier, it would have observed a completely different magnetospheric environment".

Fahrenthold and Theodore Schleifer Scientists in Japan constructed the first satellite made of wood by blending age-old woodworking techniques with rocket science. By John Yoon and Hisako Ueno ...

The Hechinger Report covers a SUNY New Paltz initiative to turn classes into living labs that combine instruction with efforts to improve sustainability on campus.