Who hasn't looked into the sky and wondered if there's life out there, somewhere, looking back at us? Is it possible there's ...

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.

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

Methane gas may signal an atmosphere or geological activity on a distant dwarf planet located at the outer edge of the Solar System. A research team led by the Southwest Research Institute has ...

Europa, Jupiter’s frozen moon, is one of the most promising places in the solar system to harbor life, with a vast hidden ...

New research based on data from NASA’s Dawn mission suggests the dwarf planet Ceres may have once possessed a deep, ...

The lead author, Sylvia Protopapa, a chief scientist at the Southwest Research Institute (SWRI), explained that methane dominates Makemake's frozen surface and is now also found in the gas phase above ...

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space ...

The waterways already irrigate much of the state’s crops, but now they will also cool the solar panels, just by nature of ...

Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth's climate, exploring the Solar System, and ...

"The complexity of the exo-Neptunian landscape provides offers a unique window onto the processes involved in the formation ...

This unexpected color raises new questions about the alien chemistry of comets from beyond our solar system. On Sept. 7 2025, ...