A rare discovery beyond Neptune is forcing scientists to rethink early solar system dynamics and the forces that shaped ...

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

The earth (and humanity) would be very different without our smaller red neighbor. In A Nutshell Computer simulations show ...

Scientists at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have identified the fastest-ever spinning asteroid larger than half a kilometer in diameter. This extraordinary achievement, made possible by the ...

Realising that our solar system isn’t like most others out there has helped astronomers rewrite the story of how it formed ...

Scientists watched a solar flare grow from tiny magnetic sparks into a violent plasma-raining avalanche on the Sun.

Solar Orbiter has captured the clearest evidence yet that a solar flare grows through a cascading “magnetic avalanche.” Small, weak magnetic disturbances rapidly multiplied, triggering stronger and ...

Solar prominences occur when the sun’s plasma, flowing along the magnetic field lines that the sun creates, forms a loop into space along the edge of the sun’s disk. When a prominence becomes ...

A powerful flare unleashed a severe solar storm that caused auroras and GPS disruptions on Earth.

In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to astronomer Sarah Greenstreet about her team's new discovery of the fastest-spinning large asteroid known to man.

Composite innovation heralds a corrosion-free industrial revolution. As the backbone of green hydrogen and smart cities, FRP ...