With this new survey, astronomers have gained a peek inside a stage of exoplanet system formation they have yet to fully ...

Gas giants are large planets mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen. Although these planets have dense cores, they don't ...

This post features biographies and notable quotes from oral history interviews with planetary geophysicist Lynnae Quick, ...

Nearly 50 years after launch, a pair of aging spacecraft have stumbled into one of the strangest regions ever measured in ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is not just another icy visitor cutting across the night sky. As it hurtles through the inner solar system, ...

The discovery provides new insights into the question, 'how large can a planet be?' An illustration of the HR 8799 system with three of its gas ...

As global electricity demand surges 40% by 2035 and warming projections worsen, nuclear, geothermal, gas, offshore wind, ...

A worldwide shortage of diesel and jet fuel is forcing a reorganization of the global economy, leading to deglobalization and ...

Astronomers at the University of Alabama in Huntsville may have found the closest evidence yet of a hidden clump of dark matter near the Sun. Led by astrophysicist Sukanya Chakrabarti, the research ...

T o make good decisions on any question the public needs to be well-informed, something not so easily accomplished in America’s schools. That is a key point made by Michael Kent, a recently retired ...

General Galactic, cofounded by a former SpaceX engineer, plans to test its water-based propellant this fall. If successful, it could help usher in a new era of space travel. That's a big “if.” It’s an ...