Thanks to the UK's solar-powered plane, traditional aviation may never be the same again. It can stay aloft for months, ...
A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth ...
There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?
The mysterious interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is absolutely blasting out water at a staggering rate, astronomers found.
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A low-density, puffy planet orbiting relatively far from a young star in a nearly perpendicular orbit. What's going on?
Comet 31/ATLAS, possibly from outside our solar system, will pass near Mars and the sun Oct. 30, sparking curiosity and ...
Astronomers just caught a rare glimpse of an interstellar comet as it zoomed past Mars. Images of the object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS ...
Neal Girandola and Andrew Triana run the “Mostly True Alien Stories” podcast. The podcast’s TikTok channel explains, “We just got our closest look yet as it passed by Mars, and the Mars Reconnaissance ...
NASA’s Perseverance rover has been exploring the surface of Mars for evidence of ancient microbial life since 2021, but it’s ...
On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor ...
Exoplanet hunters Christopher Watson and Annelies Mortier explain the long search for a 'twin Earth' capable of sustaining ...