The celestial bodies in our solar system take many forms. Some are made of rock, others gas, and others even ice. The farther ...

New research underscores the physics of potential oceans on moons like Europa and Enceladus where aliens could hide ...

Launched on Aug. 12, 2018, the probe is the fastest human-made object in existence. It used flybys of Venus to adjust its orbit increasingly closer to the solar surface. It completed its seventh and ...

Looking further into the future, scientists dream of even more ambitious missions. Some ideas include sending submarines into ...

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – ...

Collapsed dead stars, known as neutron stars, are a trillion times denser than lead, and their surface features are largely ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and centaurs. The findings reveal the ...