planets
Asteroids Could Truly be Responsible for Forming Earth's Continents, Study Finds
The Australian study is the first of its kind to find physical evidence that asteroids shaped the Earth's surface.
Scientists Reveal Krypton In Mars Meteorite, Rewriting Red Planet's History
An ultra-rare rock from Mars upended the traditional view of how rocky planets receive essential ingredients for life.
Your Venus Sign: What Your Venus Placement Means Astrologically
Venus is the planet of love, beauty, values, and money. We explain what Venus means for your relationships, finances, and personal style.
Your Jupiter Sign: What Your Jupiter Placement Means Astrologically
We explain how your Jupiter sign influences your experiences with wealth and wisdom.
Your Mercury Sign: What Your Mercury Placement Means Astrologically
Mercury is the planet of communication and the mind. We explain what Mercury means for your mind, communication style, and those dreaded retrogrades.
Mysterious ‘Instability’ in the Cosmos Puzzled Scientists for Decades. Now, We Have an Answer.
An evaporating cloud may have shaped the once-chaotic orbits of the planets in our solar system.
Scientists Are Preparing for Our Best Shot Yet at Identifying Alien Life
Methane is a potential sign of life that the James Webb Space Telescope can readily detect on other worlds, reports a new study.
We Are in a Golden Age of Asteroid Discoveries
Bill Bottke, a planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, talks about exciting emerging research into asteroids on Motherboard’s Space Show.
Scientists Have Finally Seen What Happens to Shredded Worlds in Deep Space
The luminous moment that a dead star swallows the torn-up remains of its planetary bodies has been witnessed for the first time.
A Quarter of Stars Like Our Sun Eat Their Planets, Study Finds
Stars show chemical traces of past "planetary ingestion" that can be used to search for Earth-like planets.
Too Hot to Handle: This New Planet Can Vapourise Metal
Scientists have discovered a “hellish” new planet that is hotter than molten lava.
Scientists Discover Chunk of Protoplanet Older Than Earth In Sahara Desert
No other known object has characteristics similar to EC 002, an ancient meteorite found in an Algerian dune sea last year.