A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.

An asteroid strike could cool the planet's climate, harm crops, and disrupt food supply, but it may also increase plankton ...

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

“In this context,” he posits, “the TRAPPIST-1 system represents a unique laboratory to assess the capacity of Earth-sized terrestrial planets in short orbits around a late-type M-dwarf to ...

Uranus has the craziest tilt in your Solar System. Its tilt is about ninety-eight degrees. That means its north pole is ...

The most famous defender of the existence of UFOs in Mexico welcomes EL PAÍS into his house. In an underground dwelling, ...

Definition: A terrestrial planet refers to a planet (celestial body) that is made up of silicate rocks or metals. Description: The term terrestrial is derived from the Latin word 'terra', which means ...

“These planets are so hot ... tests that suggest it stems from neither a natural source nor some quotidian terrestrial one—a satellite, a plane, somebody’s key fob—the computer kicks ...

New insights into the extreme conditions behind "disintegrating planets" reveals how they are consumed by the heat of their ...

In a recent study, scientists at the IBS Center for Climate Physics (ICCP) at Pusan National University in South Korea ...