Planets form in disks of dust and gas called protoplanetary disks that whirl around a central protostar during its final...
Curtin University-led research has discovered a rare dust particle trapped in an ancient extra-terrestrial meteorite that was formed by a...
If there is life in the solar system beyond Earth, it might be found in the clouds of Venus. In...
Many people in the U.S. will have an opportunity to witness nearly four minutes of a total solar eclipse on...
Sometimes planetary physics is like being in a snowball fight. Most people, if handed an already-formed snowball, can use their...
Some extraordinary asteroids have “activity”—comet-like tails or envelopes of gas and dust. NASA’s Active Asteroids project announced the discovery of...
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, headed to Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa in October 2024, will carry a laser-etched message that celebrates...
The sun’s differential rotation pattern has puzzled scientists for decades: While the poles rotate with a period of approximately 34...
The oldest Scandinavian bedrock was “born” in Greenland according to a new geological study from the University of Copenhagen. The...
Using observations made with the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) a study led from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)...
After NASA’s historic Double Asteroid Redirection Test, a JPL-led study has shown that the shape of asteroid Dimorphos has changed...
Astronomers have charted the largest-ever volume of the universe with a new map of active supermassive black holes living at...