He wasn't wrong—the sun is 99.8 percent of the mass of the solar system. But what is that giant ball of fire in the sky? How ...

The researchers reached the conclusion by studying 7,982 meteoroid trajectories and 540 potential meteorite falls.

A new AI model from the University of Bern predicts planetary systems likely to host Earth-like planets. It could boost the ...

Astronomers have detected molecules on exoplanet K2-18b that may have been produced by simple organisms, claiming it's the ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest ...

Mars has fascinated people throughout history, and today, it is one of the most explored places in the solar system ... is about 1.5 times the size of Earth's. Sunlight takes about 13 minutes ...

Unlike on Mars and Earth, savage windstorms ... This is the first such system identified near our region of the galaxy. With a combined mass of 1.56 solar masses, the stars are slowly spiralling ...

Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet appears to take an unusual path around two brown dwarfs, whipping around at ...

Ancient Homo sapiens may have benefited from sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves during the shifting of the ...