A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...

Scientists have been fascinated by the third interstellar object to ever known to visit our solar system that is revealing ...

The stealthy startup plans to use a network of satellites to harvest sunlight and send it to Earth using infrared lasers.

Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbour valuable metals, materials from the early solar system, and the possibility of obtaining a ...

Our Sun is about halfway through its life, which means Earth is as well. After a star exhausts its hydrogen nuclear fuel, its ...

The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space ...

Revisiting old data from Voyager 2, scientists have worked out how a dense, shocked region of the solar wind could have ...

Millions of pieces of debris now circle Earth in space. Scientists are exploring new ways to remove them and protect future ...

A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and the NCCR PlanetS is challenging our understanding of the solar system ...

An idea about the sun’s magnetic field called the terminator model could help predict dangerous space weather more accurately ...

Saturn is a planet widely recognisable for its iconic rings but a new study suggests Earth may also have had a similar ring system over 50 million years ago. As part of the research, 21 asteroid ...