Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy ...

Using data from NASA's now-defunct Dawn spacecraft, scientists have discovered that the dwarf planet Ceres, the second wettest body in the solar system after Earth, could have an interior reserve rich ...

Using data from NASA's now-defunct Dawn spacecraft, scientists have discovered that the dwarf planet Ceres, the second wettest body in the solar system after Earth, could have an interior reserve ...

For years, scientists have observed the Solar System’s outer reaches in search of a Planet Nine. While Pluto was demoted to dwarf planet status in 2006, some researchers believe an even larger ...

New exhibit to replace Greenbelt Planet Walk with a new trail through Julia Davis Park — but this time, with one less member ...

Nov. 25, 2024 — A new computer model can be used to detect and measure interior oceans on the ice covered moons of Uranus. The model works by analyzing orbital wobbles that would be visible from ...

Encountering Neptune in 1989, NASA's Voyager mission completed humankind's first close-up exploration of the four giant outer planets of our solar system. Collectively, since their launch in 1977, the ...

Ever since William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781, astronomers have been eager to find new planets on the outer edge of the solar system ... Pluto and other dwarf planets beyond it, but ...

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In billions of years, our Sun will expand into a red giant, likely engulfing Earth before shrinking into a white dwarf—a dense, glowing stellar remnant. While this process destroys most planets ...

People around the world will have a chance this weekend to catch what could be the year’s most stunning view of the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter on Saturday will shine at its ...

If astrobiologists are ever going to detect life beyond our solar system, it will arguably be done via spectroscopy of an earth-like planet's atmosphere as it passes in front of its parent star.