Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbor valuable metals, ...

The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space ...

Revisiting old data from Voyager 2, scientists have worked out how a dense, shocked region of the solar wind could have ...

A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and the NCCR PlanetS is challenging our understanding of the solar system ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is making its final pass, highly active after its Sun encounter. NASA and ESA release new ...

This list exemplifies the hard work in science over this past year, not simply in the lab but where it matters.

The comet 3I/ATLAS arrived in the solar system with a reputation for being unruly, but its latest trick has stunned even ...

Zanskar uses AI to identify hidden geothermal systems—and claims it has found one that could fuel a power plant, the first ...

A new study reveals how shifting ice shells on icy moons can cause dramatic pressure changes, sometimes enough to boil their hidden oceans. The outer planets of our Solar System are accompanied by ...

Despite their liquid water and potential for habitability, these moons are very different environments from Earth. On Earth, ...

There are several frozen moons in our solar system, orbiting the gas giants. Some of them, despite having temperatures that would make Antarctica feel tropical, have liquid water under the surface.

That’s also true for the other moons that provide the gravitational stress. As a result, the internal oceans may actually come and go, as the interiors of the moons melt and refreeze. A new study, ...