Using a new technique that partly relies on artificial intelligence, researchers spotted potentially more than 10,000 new ...

Earth's Composition Closely Matches Mars, Suggests New Study On Planet's Origins ...

Earth is the planet we have the best opportunity to understand in detail—helping us see how other rocky planets behave, even ...

Astronomers believe they have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown ninth planet lurking in the not-too-distant reaches of the solar system. This hypothetical world, dubbed "Planet Y," could be ...

Scientists suggest that a fifth, hidden force linked to dark energy may exist in the solar system but has not yet been detected.

At the ripe age of five, it is clear that the United States Space Force, while dominated by old thinking, still doesn’t know what it wants to be when it grows up, and is split among multiple different ...

When you think of outer space, you're likely picturing stars, planets and moons. But much of space is filled with clouds of gas, plasma and stardust—known as interstellar clouds.

New research confirms Earth formed almost entirely from material in the inner Solar System, with Jupiter acting as a barrier to outer Solar System debris. Isotopic analysis of meteorites shows a close ...

Spiral Galaxy from Kirkland et al. CREDIT Chris Kirkland and colleagues. A new study of zircon crystals from two of Earth’s oldest continents indicates that the formation of Earth’s continental crust ...