"Solar system formation models using the new solar composition successfully reproduce the compositions of large Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs) and carbonaceous chondrite meteorites, in light of the newly ...

Scientists have discovered that Uranus and its moons may not be the lifeless worlds previously thought after new research ...

A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...

For nearly 40 years, scientists have generally agreed that Earth's Moon formed from debris after a massive collision with our ...

Research on Ryugu samples indicates a faint magnetic field within 3 million years of solar system formation, impacting ...

By sheer chance we may have visited the seventh planet when things weren’t normal and have misunderstood it ever since.

NASA’s Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX) is ready to launch to the International Space Station to reveal new details ...

If Voyager 2 had arrived a week earlier, it would have observed a completely different magnetospheric environment".

The Northern Taurid meteor shower is expected to peak Monday night into Tuesday. Here’s what to look for and how to see it.

Solar-Powered Desalination System Requires No Extra Batteries Oct. 8, 2024 — Engineers built a solar-powered desalination system that produces large quantities of clean water despite variations ...

On Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will complete its final Venus gravity assist maneuver, passing within ...

Despite its relative weakness, researchers believe it was sufficient to affect the formation of bodies at distances more than seven times the Earth-Sun distance. That includes Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, ...