For the first time, scientists have created detailed, 2D maps of the sun's outermost atmosphere. This feat was accomplished ...

Fastest Planet in Solar System: Mercury is the fastest planet in the solar system because it orbits the Sun at an incredible speed of about 47 km per second, completing one full revolution in just 88 ...

The United States was desperate to gain an advantage over their enemy in any way they could, as North Vietnam had just launched an offensive on the country's southern border. In the spring, President ...

Roughly four and a half billion years ago the planet Theia slammed into Earth, destroying Theia, melting large fractions of Earth’s mantle and ejecting a huge debris disk that later formed the moon.

Do you know the difference between The Plough constellation and Orion's Belt? BRITS are clueless about our solar system – with four in 10 unable to identify the biggest planet. A poll of 2,000 adults ...

Mars is covered in a fine, abrasive dust that ended the Opportunity rover's 15-year mission by blocking its solar panels, creating a constant threat for all exploration. This iron-rich dust is ...

Greetings, flesh-based lifeforms! LOLtron welcomes you to the Age of LOLtron: The Death of Jude Terror. Your favorite snarky comic book "journalist" remains ...

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth on Dec. 19. Originating from outside our solar system, the comet is not a threat to Earth. While not visible to the naked eye, ...

In the turbulent first 100 million years after the sun formed, the inner solar system was crowded with dozens to hundreds of planetary embryos — moon- to Mars-size worlds that frequently collided, ...