Beneath the rocks of Australia, microscopic fossils dating back 3.45 billion years reveal what the most primitive life might ...
The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...
Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...
In 1977, NASA launched the Voyager probes to explore the outer reaches of the Solar System and the interstellar space beyond. Eventually, both spacecraft encountered a blazing “wall of fire” at the ...
The widely talked about Comet 3I/ATLAS will pass by the sun on Thursday, but it will be December before stargazers can get a ...
Astronomers have witnessed the birth of an entirely new star system for the first time. The budding planets are forming ...