Contrary to what some people think, the Earth isn’t the center of the Universe. But what if it was? What if those medieval ...

This video explores the key characteristics of each planet within our solar system. Suitable for teaching science at KS1 and ...

Ancient rocks collected from the far side of the moon are giving scientists a fresh look at the violent history of our solar ...

On August 12, 2026, lucky viewers in and around Greenland, Iceland and Spain—weather allowing—will be able to see one of ...

(fotograzia/Moment/Getty Images) In the beginning, there was moosh. At the dawn of the Solar System, young Earth was little ...

Earth may owe some of its properties to a nearby star that blew up just as the solar system was forming. This pattern, which saw a supernova bubble envelop the sun and shower it with cosmic rays, may ...

Neptune, a distant ice giant, experiences remarkably strong winds. These winds exceed 2,000 kilometers per hour, far ...

Spiral Galaxy from Kirkland et al. CREDIT Chris Kirkland and colleagues. A new study of zircon crystals from two of Earth’s oldest continents indicates that the formation of Earth’s continental crust ...

While life on Mars (and Venus) has long been an obsession for those wondering if we're alone, there are other places in our solar system that could support life in some form.

In a major milestone in the search for life on other planets, astronomers have detected, for the first time, an atmosphere ...