With a sun more than 4.5 billion years old, our solar system is considered "middle-aged," and the pictures of what it might ...

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

When a mudflat crumbles on Earth, or an ice sheet splinters on one of Jupiter's moons (Europa), or an ancient lakebed breaks ...

Astronomers using a cutting-edge adaptive optics instrument, MagAO-X, have captured unprecedented images of young planets ...

A decades-old cosmic mystery may finally be solved. Scientists now suspect that the strange X-ray glow from a distant white ...

Another finding was how dramatically the planets varied in brightness over just three years. The team discovered that PDS 70 ...

"Webb's new images of two iconic systems, HR 8799 and 51 Eridani, and their planets have stunned researchers ... dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the surface of Charon, Pluto's largest moon.

The ripples suggest that the lake was free of ice at one point.

These studies show that Mars is bombarded by meteorites far more often than previously thought — about 2.5 times more ...

Research published late last year indicated “seismic discontinuities in the Martian crust” that scientists believe could be an indicator of liquid water under the Martian surface, raising the ...

The worldwide tech leading Dutch firm, cosine, is making a big impact in space exploration. The company is playing a key role in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera mission by providing a ...