"What surprised us, at the end, was how effective this type of impact could be in explaining Mercury's unusual structure ...

The planet’s elusive aurorae are much colder than expected, which is how they evaded detection for so long.

Pounding icy objects on Mars could make it survivable for humans, says a new study. Scientist Leszek Czechowski of the Polish ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has just achieved a historic first by capturing direct images of carbon dioxide in the ...

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Amid deepening inequalities and escalating crises, including climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, a new United ...

After taking another peek at the "city-killer" asteroid that once had a small but uncomfortable chance of smashing into our ...

From the Lyrid meteor shower in April to the dazzling Geminids in December, you won't want to miss these cosmic light shows ...

NEW research into a mysterious 2,000-year-old relic may have finally revealed its true purpose – and it’s very different to ...

K2-360 is a newly found planetary system with a super-dense planet, likely the core of a former larger world, shaped by dynamic interactions with its companion. An international team of researchers ...

New observations have revealed that we were wrong about the length of a day on Uranus. According to the most precise ...

What can exozodiacal dust, also called exozodi, teach astronomers about identifying Earth-like exoplanets? This is what a recently submitted NASA white paper—which highlights key findings from the ...