"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

Cold cosmic dust grains can link amino acids into protein‑like chains in deep space, suggesting life’s chemistry may begin ...

These icy bodies orbit the sun just like the major planets, yet they follow their own rules, often traveling along elongated ...

Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up ...

New research suggests that essential components of life may assemble in interstellar space long before planets or oceans ...

Scientists have recently focused their telescopes on a mysterious planet drifting through space, a discovery that has captured the imagination of astronomers worldwide. This Jupiter-like wanderer, ...

A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a young star flinging heat-formed crystals outward on a cosmic conveyor belt, ...

We have all been taught in school that planets revolve in the same direction as the Earth, i.e., in the counterclockwise ...

Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in ...

Although Mercury was geologically active in its early days, today its surface appears almost completely static. This is why ...