Fluctuating levels of radioactive iron-60 suggest the solar system recently entered a cosmic cloud.

"This dust can penetrate the shielding of the solar system and end up on Earth." When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Using a new technique that partly relies on artificial intelligence, researchers spotted potentially more than 10,000 new ...

Our solar system is currently passing through the Local Interstellar Cloud, a region of highly diluted gas and dust between the stars. On its path, Earth continuously accumulates iron-60, a rare ...

Astronomers believe they have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown ninth planet lurking in the not-too-distant reaches of the solar system. This hypothetical world, dubbed "Planet Y," could be ...

Spiral Galaxy from Kirkland et al. CREDIT Chris Kirkland and colleagues. A new study of zircon crystals from two of Earth’s oldest continents indicates that the formation of Earth’s continental crust ...

Earth's Composition Closely Matches Mars, Suggests New Study On Planet's Origins ...

The report, known as the PESTO Search for Life Instrumentation Study, examines how scientists can better detect biological ...

At the ripe age of five, it is clear that the United States Space Force, while dominated by old thinking, still doesn’t know what it wants to be when it grows up, and is split among multiple different ...

Even at a glance, the planets in our solar system are wildly diverse. Huge and small, airless and densely packed with ...