On the night of July 15, a striking conjunction of the moon, Saturn, and Neptune will unfold in the eastern sky, offering ...

Our Solar System is home to eight extraordinary planets, each with its own unique features, mysteries, and beauty. This cosmic journey takes you from the Sun-scorched surface of Mercury to the icy ...

In a coordinated global effort, 26 observatories attempted to capture Quaoar’s shadow as it passed over Earth. Only a handful ...

Mosaic tile specialist Sicis has transformed a swimming pool at a villa in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, into "a living jewel" with ...

Sedna, a distant dwarf planet three-quarters the size of Pluto, is inching toward the brightest star in our sky — and in 2076, it will reach its closest point in more than 11,000 years. Astronomers ...

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of ...

Aeolian bedforms are common on Earth and across the solar system, including on Mars, Venus, Pluto, the Saturn moon Titan, the Neptune moon Triton, and Comet 67P. These geological features, among the ...

The ancient Greek philosopher Anaxagoras (500-428 BC) was the first person to hypothesize that the seeds of life are present ...

Neptune is called an “ice giant” because it’s mostly made of a thick, slushy mix of water, methane, and ammonia, which ...

In the rolling hills of Highland County sits a slice of paradise that Ohioans whisper about with reverence—Rocky Fork State Park in Hillsboro, where stress dissolves faster than an aspirin in hot tea.

A baby planet is shrinking from the size of Jupiter with a thick atmosphere to a small, barren world, according to a new ...