A chemical "anomaly" revealed through an analysis of meteorites may have led to finding the first existing evidence of "proto ...
New planet is one of the best ever hopes for seeing alien life, scientists say - Less than 20 light years away, we could soon ...
Geoengineering startup Stardust Solutions says it has raised $60 million to lay the groundwork for tech that could be used to ...
JWST found a carbon-atmosphere planet orbiting a pulsar, challenging current models of how planets form. Scientific progress often comes from data that don’t fit our current understanding. This idea, ...
The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.
New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, ...
The growth spurt hints that the free-floating object evolves like a star, providing clues about rogue planets’ mysterious origins.
There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?
The destroyed planet has spewed material onto the white dwarf's surface, with astronomers detecting 13 different elements ...
A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...
We teamed up with the makers of Frozen Planet II for a science Live Lesson exploring the coldest places on Earth and the ...