Some moons in our solar system are far more complex than they appear. One in particular shows signs that it could have ...

Scientists have long observed that nearly every planet in the solar system follows the same flat orbital plane — but the reason goes back billions of years. New insights reveal how chaos in a ...

Talk about a hot mess. Scientists have uncovered a hellish “lava world” where temperatures soar to a blistering 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit — hot enough to melt rock into a churning ocean of magma and ...

A researcher discovered the rare cosmic event by noticing strange dips in a star's brightness in old telescope data. The collision created a hot cloud of rocks and dust, which researchers detected ...

A vertical dark band cutting through a bright nebula marks the protoplanetary disk surrounding the young star IRAS 04302+2247. Observations of such disks will help astronomers understand how small ...

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When worlds collide…suns act squirrely. Astronomers have witnessed a rare and violent cosmic crash between two planets, and they say the fallout could teach us about the formation of our world. The ...

"The cradle of life does not necessarily require a sun." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the latest updates ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising way to study the harsh space weather around young M dwarf stars. Mysterious dips in starlight turned out to be massive rings of plasma swirling in the stars’ ...

A researcher discovered the rare cosmic event by noticing strange dips in a star's brightness in old telescope data. The collision created a hot cloud of rocks and dust, which researchers detected ...

As the number of exoplanet detections has breached 6,000 and continues to grow, scientists are finding a wide variety of different solar system architectures. Critical to understanding how these ...

SpaceX may file for its IPO this week. NASA just announced a $20 billion plan to build a moon base. Meanwhile on Earth, Planet will open a German factory and double its satellite production. Yesterday ...