JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA.

The levels of a heavy form of hydrogen in 3I/ATLAS are 30 to 40 times higher than in Earth's oceans, suggesting the comet has ...

The Solar System is a weird place filled with incredible physics and geological oddities that often break down in human terms ...

Greek mythology has given a name to a great many objects in our solar system. But perhaps one of the least well understood ...

The Voyager spacecraft accomplished one of the most extraordinary exploration missions in history. During their journeys past the outer planets, the probes revealed previously unimaginable discoveries ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that our Sun may have traveled across the Milky Way as part of a massive migration of ...

Astronomers have identified a strange new kind of exoplanet that challenges how scientists classify worlds beyond our Solar System. The planet, L 98-59 d, appears to contain a vast ocean of molten ...

Learn more about L 98‑59 d, an exoplanet 35 light‑years away with a deep global magma ocean ...

A hazy, ultra-light “super-puff” planet, Kepler-51d, is hiding its secrets and challenging how scientists understand planet formation.

How does fine dust aggregate into building blocks that ultimately form entire planets like our Earth? A research team led by ...