The early Earth would not have been a good place to be hanging out. First, around 4.5 billion years ago...
While on COVID lockdown, a University of Sydney honours student has written a research paper on a star system dubbed...
The jig may be up for an “asteroid” that’s expected to get nabbed by Earth’s gravity and become a mini...
To understand the significance of the Spitzer Space Telescope on the understanding of our solar system, think of what the...
Just because Earth is the only place known to harbour life doesn’t mean it’s the best planet for the job....
In just a few days, NASA is going to bounce its probe OSIRIS-REx off asteroid Bennu. The mission will collect...
Black holes are perhaps the most mysterious objects in nature. They warp space and time in extreme ways and contain...
Earth is not necessarily the best planet in the universe. Researchers have identified two dozen planets outside our solar system...
You can follow NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover in real time as it makes its way to the Red Planet....
According to new research, the massive heft of Jupiter — a planet that’s more than 2.5 times the mass of...
Astronomers have taken detailed observations of an incredibly extreme exoplanet, detecting brutal surface temperatures in the region of 3,200 degrees Celsius...
Of all the rocky, inner worlds of the solar system, Venus is the most challenging to explore. With surface temperatures...
