Pluto was dismissed as a frozen has-been at the edge of the solar system. But when NASA finally got a close look, what they saw shattered every assumption. Towering ice mountains. Flowing glaciers.

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 ...

Walking into a classroom today is like stepping into a parallel universe, because so many things that once sounded rock solid ...

Chemical rockets have taken us to the moon and back, but traveling to the stars demands something more powerful. Space X's ...

Since early November, Venus has brought an intense, possessive, secretive and intimacy-bolstering vibe to relationships, ...

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 ...

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 ...

"If our solar system is indeed moving this fast, we need to question fundamental assumptions about the large-scale structure of the universe." Astronomers have discovered that the solar system may be ...

Astronomers have discovered that 3I/ATLAS is carrying methanol and other chemicals that were probably important in the origin ...