The star is surrounded by a protoplanetary disk, and this disk is the first evidence of debris condensing into what will ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a ...

The future of our solar system has long captivated both scientists and stargazers alike. As highlighted in a recent Live ...

People have long wondered what life was first like on Earth, and if there is life in our solar system beyond our planet.

If the sun suddenly went out, Earth would freeze, life would perish, and the solar system would unravel, but humanity might have left long before that day ...

For centuries, humanity has gazed into the night sky, wondering if there are other planets capable of supporting life. Among the thousands of exoplanets discovered beyond our solar system, most differ ...

The Bosumtwi impact crater in Ghana is different, however. It is well preserved (not deeply eroded or buried under sediments) ...

Uranus is unlike any other planet in space. It tilts sideways, spinning like a barrel in orbit. Each pole gets 42 years of ...

A new analysis of decades' worth of observations has revealed that Uranus does indeed emit more heat than it receives from the rays of the Sun.

Scientists have discovered a sednoid, named Ammonite, beyond Neptune. This icy object challenges existing theories about the outer solar system's formation.

In the dark, icy outskirts of our solar system—far beyond Neptune's orbit—astronomers have discovered a cosmic oddball that ...