Earth is the only planet in our solar system with a single moon, making it a rare phenomenon for a planet of its kind.

Here, the 'ice volcano' does not erupt molten rock, but rather 'ice magma' formed from a mixture of water ice, liquid brine, ...

Pluto's unusual eccentricity and tilt is likely due to its interactions with neighboring Neptune and other giant planets, ...

Astronomers have taken a huge leap towards discovering habitable worlds, and the world now eagerly anticipates a rocky planet ...

Now, finding a young planet like this is a fairly difficult task, as it requires a long and patient hunt for young disk ...

The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as far as we know. But that doesn’t mean we don’t get visitors, most often in the form of (usually harmless) asteroids. Some even ...

In its youth, the dwarf planet Ceres may have brewed a chemical banquet beneath its icy crust.

A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides an explanation for ...

Xinting Yu, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Texas at San Antonio, is one of two recipients of the 2025 Harold C. Urey Prize. The national award from ...

New research from NASA has found that the dwarf planet Ceres may be another place to look for evidence of primitive life in our solar system.

New measurements have revealed that Jupiter — the largest planet in our solar system — is actually smaller and more flattened ...

White dwarfs may still host habitable planets. Conditions like tidal heating and migration shape their potential for life. The Sun will eventually die. This will occur when it exhausts the hydrogen ...