One possibility is that a rogue planet, about 1–2 times Earth’s mass, influenced their paths early in the solar system's ...

A team of astronomers has uncovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a star located 4,000 light years away from the solar system ...

We’re showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...

Astronomers have discovered a rocky Earth-like planet around a white dwarf star, hinting at our planet's future about eight billion years from now.

A 3D map of our cosmic neighborhood has revealed hot and cold regions as well as an "escape tunnel" from our local bubble.

Tiny grains from a distant asteroid are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar ...

Avi Loeb's controversial claim that a recent fireball resulted from an interstellar object is taking a hammering.

All life on Earth is based on the element carbon, but scientists aren’t sure what initially supplied all that carbon to our ...

MIT researchers analyzed precious samples from the asteroid Ryugu, delivered to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission. They looked for clues of an ancient magnetic field.

A distant white dwarf hosts an Earth-like planet in an orbit that might be similar to Earth’s if it survives the Sun’s red giant phase.

It would depend on a lot, say our readers, from how big it was to the route it took - but it could have significant ...

Can large scale solar projects help meet global energy requirements? Find out what truly goes into making solar a viable ...