Scientists have long thought that our solar system's ocean worlds, such as Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus, ...

In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...

"These relics are effectively fossils of the planet formation process, holding vital clues to deciphering the history of our ...

Experts analyzed satellite imagery of planetary surface cracks and compared them with Earth's geologic features, searching ...

New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about ...

If there was a contest for the most interesting moon in our solar system, Callisto would be a contender. Jupiter's second-largest moon has more impact craters on its surface than any other planetary ...

Io’s long-debated magma ocean may not exist. Juno spacecraft data reveals that tidal forces deform the moon differently than ...

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The object, with a mass of approximately 13 times that of Jupiter, is only 20 light-years away in the Milky Way. But while reasonably compact, SIMP 0136 does not revolve around a star, and a ...

We tend to think of the moon as a cold, dusty rock, but in fact, its surface can get pretty hot during a lunar day. How hot? It turns out that the answer can vary dramatically over a very short ...

It has about 13 times the mass of our Jupiter and could therefore also be ... The data not only revealed a lot about the surface, but also about the composition of the object.