Astronomers have created the most detailed weather report so far for two distant worlds beyond our own solar system. The...
While researching a cluster of stars in the immediate vicinity of the supermassive black hole SgrA* (Sagittarius A*) at the...
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot—the biggest windstorm in the solar system—is shrinking, and a new study may help explain why. Located...
Hot Jupiters are some of the most extreme planets in the galaxy. These scorching worlds are as massive as Jupiter,...
An international team of researchers led by the University of Bristol has shed light on Earth’s earliest ecosystem, showing that...
Of the more than 74,000 known meteorites – rocks that fall to Earth from asteroids or planets colliding together –...
Planetary scientists are proposing a new definition of a planet to replace one that many researchers view as sun-centric and...
Up to 60% of near-Earth objects could be dark comets, mysterious asteroids that orbit the sun in our solar system...
Age data for certain classes of meteorite have made it possible to gain new findings on the origin of small...
An exoplanet infamous for its deadly weather has been hiding another bizarre feature—it reeks of rotten eggs, according to a...
A team of astronomers has identified a temperate exoplanet as a promising super-Earth ice or water world. The findings, led...
In humankind’s ever-ticking pursuit of perfection, scientists have developed an atomic clock that is more precise and accurate than any...
