About 4. 6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity.

An expanding 'rogue' planet 620 light-years away was spotted using European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope.

Explore the fascinating worlds of Planetary Science and Geophysics, uncovering mysteries of the cosmos and Earth's processes.

New research suggests that planets outside our solar system contain far less surface water than scientists once believed.

Astronomers have observed a massive growth rate in a free-floating rogue planet that’s gobbling up gas and dust at a record ...

A recent theory has emerged suggesting that the answer to Mercury’s unusually large metallic core may lie in the early ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical ...

Webb Telescope is investigating the formation of moons around a massive planet. Astronomers are using the data to study the ...

“Thanks to our results, we know that the proto-Earth was initially a dry rocky planet,” says Kruttasch. “It can therefore be ...

Hidden barrier found 400 miles inside Venus that blocks rising hot rock and creates ring-shaped volcanic features called ...

Scientists say 3I/ATLAS, one of the rarest comets ever seen, likely isn’t alone and that more interstellar objects may soon ...