The first test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile showcase thousands of previously unknown asteroids and ...

Researchers now appreciate that gas planets are more complex than first thought. New findings have implications for our ...

The next waypoint on Psyche's voyage will be a flyby of Mars in May 2026. Officials expect Psyche to keep that date, which is ...

The Delta Astronomical Society (DAS), the staff of Genesis Graphics, the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) director and ...

How do terrestrial planets like Earth form and evolve to enable life to exist? This is what a recent study published in ...

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Hycean worlds are also called ocean worlds. They're planets covered in oceans that also have thick hydrogen atmospheres.

The monsterous 85-mile-wide comet C/2014 UN271 isn't just the largest icy rock in the Oort Cloud, it's the second most ...

The researches say that the Hycean Habitable Zone (HHZ), when compared to the terrestrial habitable zone, may include smaller ...

There has been a lot of back and forth about the existence of a mysterious ninth planet, often referred to as "Planet Nine" ...

If our solar system seems stable, it's because our short lifespans make it seem that way. Earth revolves, night follows day, the moon moves through light and shadow, and the sun hangs in the sky. But ...

On the summer solstice, the Northern Hemisphere leans most directly toward the sun. That means more direct sunlight and the ...