A rare meteorite discovered in the Sahara Desert proves that our solar system almost had at least one extra planet. In a ...

The findings suggest Jupiter's formation shaped the chemistry that helped make habitable worlds possible.

A NASA probe that had a close encounter with a strange object from another solar system has been declared dead and scientists ...

Scientists have discovered a bizarre planetary system where a rocky world orbits farther out than giant gas planets, defying long-standing theories of planet formation. The finding hints that some ...

Research suggests Earth received most of its phosphorus and nitrogen from nearby planetary building blocks, reshaping ...

This small, unassuming mineral may be older than Earth itself. Krotite reminds us of the vast timescales and surprising ...

Our solar system has two ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, but there may have been a third. According to a new study published ...

Scientists may have found one of the main sources of rocky material for the solar system, forming diverse populations of baby ...

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

Scientists may have identified one of the Solar System’s most important “planet factories” hidden just beyond Jupiter.

China's sweeping efforts to clean up its air have delivered one of the biggest public health success stories of recent decades. Since the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan was launched ...