How did the molecular building blocks for life end up on Earth? One long-standing theory is that they could have...
A new study has found that “diamond rain,” a long-hypothesized exotic type of precipitation on ice giant planets, could be...
Research led by an Indiana University astronomer challenges longstanding beliefs about the isolation of “hot Jupiters” and proposes a new...
A gas giant exoplanet with the density of a marshmallow has been detected in orbit around a cool red dwarf...
There’s an awkward, irksome problem with our understanding of nature’s laws which physicists have been trying to explain for decades....
Today, ESA and the Zooniverse launch Rosetta Zoo, a citizen science project that invites volunteers to engage in a cosmic...
Asteroids are chunks of rock left over from the formation of our solar system. Approximately half a billion asteroids with...
Scientists have used a “galaxy-sized” space observatory to find possible hints of a unique signal from gravitational waves, or the...
A scorching hot world where metal clouds rain drops of titanium is the most reflective planet ever observed outside of...
‘Hidden’ stars including a new type of elderly giant nicknamed ‘old smoker’ have been spotted for the first time by...
Curtin University-led research into the durability and age of an ancient asteroid made of rocky rubble and dust, revealed significant...
Our solar system and everything within it—including the Earth—will look very different when the sun dies. But whether the planet...