Scientists studying asteroids found that two seemingly unrelated types share a strange dusty coating of troilite. By using ...

Astronomers have identified an interstellar comet entering our solar system, sparking excitement and intrigue within the scientific community. This rare event offers a unique opportunity to study an ...

Recent research indicates Mercury is shrinking, with its radius decreasing by 2.7 to 5.6 kilometers due to core cooling. This contraction forms thrust faults and scarps on the surface. A new ...

Astronomers have photographed for the first time a growing planet embedded in a dark gap of a dusty, multi-ringed disk around a young star -- offering rare evidence of how giant planets form. “Dozens ...

Imagine living inside a giant invisible shield. Our Solar System is wrapped in such a shield, a bubble created by the Sun. Known as the heliosphere, it extends billions of kilometres into space and ...

Asteroids have long been described as the leftover pieces from the solar system’s early construction. They are like the ...

If you look up on a clear night, the brightest and largest object in the sky will probably be the moon. And unless you have a decent telescope, it is the only natural satellite you can see with your ...

NASA's Psyche orbiter looked back and snapped a photo of Earth with the moon on its way to the asteroid Psyche in 2029. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU illustration As a NASA spacecraft whizzed away ...

A team of scientists at the Southwest Research Institute, using photography commissioned from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, have discovered a previously unknown moon in our solar system that's in ...

Chinese astronomers have spotted a hidden supermassive black hole in the background of a peculiar gravitational wave event ...