Our solar system's journey around the center of the Milky Way takes it through varying galactic environments, and one may ...

David Armstrong McKay is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Sussex and the lead author of a 2022 paper that ...

An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a Sun-like star, ...

The four exoplanets orbit Barnard’s Star so closely that their years last only a few Earth days. They are probably rocky and, ...

The solar system moved through a star-forming area near Orion. This event might have increased interstellar dust around Earth ...

In a new, groundbreaking discovery that has captivated the astronomy community, scientists have confirmed the presence of not ...

The composite image shows seven of the solar system's planets from Earth, after sundown on Feb. 22. | Credit: Josh Dury A ...

Using in part the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the U.S.

Scientists found that volcanic eruptions triggered short-lived oxygen spikes before Earth's air became breathable.

The discovery that helium and iron can mix at the temperatures and pressures found at the center of Earth could settle a long ...

A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in our galaxy. Using ...