The Moon's pitted surface tells a tale of repeated impacts over a long period of time. While Earth's active geology…
After six years of observing the cosmos, the Dark Energy Survey has announced that it is also responsible for discovering…
Scientists are fortunate enough to have detailed, close-up views of the near-Earth asteroids Bennu and Ryugu. Both asteroids have a…
The early solar system was an especially violent place. The terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) likely formed by…
When a young solar system gets going it's little more than a young star and a rotating disk of debris.…
Solar sails have been receiving a lot of attention lately. In part that is due to a series of high…
Summertime means it’s time to play ball! But what would it be like to play ball on various locations across…
There is a cloud of debris surrounding our solar system. It's known as the Oort cloud, and it is the…
200 light-years away from Earth, there's a K-type main-sequence star named TOI (TESS Object of Interest) 178. When Adrian Leleu,…
Even with all we've learned about our own Solar System, especially in the last couple of decades, researchers still face…