NASA spotted something moving in one of the moons of Jupiter. Some natural satellites have similar structures to the Earth, and this one is very intriguing.

There's a broad consensus in the scientific community that a follow-up mission to Pluto should be an orbiter, and not a ...

From the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs to one that nearly hit Moscow, space rocks have shaped our history. Could we ...

Jupiter, the giant of our Solar System, remains one of the most fascinating and mysterious planets to explore. With its ...

Scientists have found that Uranus is emitting its own internal heat — even more than it receives from sunlight — and this ...

Though our solar system and the movement of its planets appear relatively sedate, there are many things that could upset the ...

Astronomers have uncovered a massive, hidden exoplanet nestled in the dusty disc of a young star—MP Mus—by combining ...

Before defining what a light-year is, we should define what a light-year is not: It is not a measure of time, but rather a ...

A key method of forming planets finally has observational evidence, thanks to a network of radio telescopes in the U.K. that ...

Is Jupiter a failed star, or is it simply a giant planet in our solar system? While Jupiter shares a similar chemical ...

Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System and also the closest planet to the Sun. Mercury orbits the Sun at an ...

Centimeter-sized pebbles have been detected in protoplanetary discs using e‑MERLIN, filling in a critical phase of planet ...