High-pressure experiments generated the first direct observation of plastic ice, which has qualities of both crystalline ice and liquid water.

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the solar system, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...

Aimed at the nearby star PDS 70, the James Webb Space Telescope is watching newborn planets take shape before our eyes in ...

No Man's Sky is an ever-evolving, fluid universe that's constantly being iterated and expanded upon. This constant refreshing ...

An event called a "ring plane crossing" will occur between Saturn and Earth on March 23, 2025, when Saturn's rings will ...

The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...

Ten instruments will work together while the craft is orbiting the sun ... Those boundaries protect the planets orbiting our sun from a hash radiation environment outside of the solar system.

Helium can help scientists detect the speed and direction at which we’re moving through space. Deuterium, which is left over from the Big Bang, can provide insight on the age of the universe. Oxygen ...

Ten instruments will work together while the craft is orbiting the sun ... Those boundaries protect the planets orbiting our sun from a hash radiation environment outside of the solar system.

The eight major planets in our Solar System orbit the sun on the same flat plane but at vastly different speeds. Mercury, being the closest to the sun, completes an orbit in only 88 days ...

Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...