Stargazers will be treated to a rare seven-planet alignment in February. This is what scientists hope to learn.

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But ...

19, 2024 — Scientists have unveiled groundbreaking research on the origins of lunar water, offering insights that could reshape our understanding of the Earth-Moon system and the broader solar ...

In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 miles (442 km) ...

An object we thought belonged to the most common category of planet in the galaxy has turned out to be something we've never seen before.

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

On the evening of February 28, stargazers will witness a rare celestial event: an alignment of seven planets visible ...

A small asteroid named 2024 PT5, once hailed as Earth's temporary second moon, might have originated from our very own Moon.

The enormous visitor to our solar system may have been about 8 times the mass of Jupiter, and come nearly as close to the sun ...

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the ...