A passing star may have kicked the weird moons of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn into place, new research suggests.

New geological evidence suggests that Earth might once have been encircled by a ring of debris, much like Saturn. This ...

Meteorites can vary greatly in size. While some are tiny, resembling grains of sand, others can weigh several tons. The ...

Unlike the other planets in the solar system, Mars is distinctly triaxial, meaning it is an ellipsoid with different sizes ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) released a 90-second video of BepiColombo’s recent flyby of Mercury, which marked the closest ...

A doctoral student at the University of Kansas led a study last may that discovered 15 new exoplanets. The study set a record ...

"Our observations indicate the presence of powerful iron winds, probably fuelled by a hot spot in the atmosphere." ...

Our solar system might still bear the scars from an extremely close shave with an alien star. Such an encounter – the closest pass we know of – would have shaken up objects on the outskirts and might ...

Scientists have been focusing on the Kuiper Belt, which is found past the orbit of Pluto and home to icy dwarf planets in one of the coldest sections of our Solar System. However ... elevated ...

According to the experts, the mysterious objects could be essential for a better understanding of the formation of the solar ...

BepiColombo, a joint European-Japanese mission, completed its fourth close pass of the innermost planet last week, and it will enter Mercury’s orbit in 2026 to learn more about its mysteries ...

Throughout Earth's history, the planet's surface has been regularly impacted by comets, meteors, and the occasional large ...