In a couple billion years, our Sun will become so violently hot, that it could wipe out all life in the Milky Way. But as it ...

Firefly plans to launch its lander toward the moon’s South Pole by the end of 2026. Assuming it arrives in one piece, the ...

The 3I/ATLAS interstellar object, which a number of scientists consider to be potentially technological and likely to pose a ...

Perihelion is the point at which an orbiting body is closest to the sun. The word comes from Greek and literally means around ...

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...

A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and the NCCR PlanetS is challenging our understanding of the solar system ...

Fresh simulations show there is a chance Uranus and Neptune might actually be rock-rich worlds wrapped in thinner icy layers.

In a discovery that's fit for a movie, Northwestern University astronomers have directly imaged a Tatooine-like exoplanet, orbiting two suns. While obtaining an image of a planet beyond our solar ...

Earth has the perfect combination of a livable atmosphere and a protective magnetic field that prevents the Sun's harmful radiation and radioactive solar winds from damaging us, allowing us to live on ...

Space is inaccessible to the vast majority of us, but it’s not as far away as you might think. The von Kármán Line, which is ...

The cold and remote planets originally earned their label of "ice giants" to contrast their interiors from those of Jupiter ...

New research shows how the star's powerful outbursts could help scientists assess which worlds might support life.