Ellipses are defined as curves that surround two focal points. At any point on the ellipse, the sum of the distance to both ...

Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons ...

The discovery of salty mineral evaporites on Ryugu indicates that watery environments may have been widespread in the early ...

Turns out, it's as tough to drop inward into the inner solar system, as it is to head outward. The problem stems from losing ...

Scientists now believe that solar bursts hit the largest planet of our solar system two to three times a month.

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

Webb Telescope Captures Its First Direct Images of Carbon Dioxide Outside Solar System Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a ...

A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.

"The solar wind squished Jupiter's magnetic shield like a giant squash ball. This created a super-hot region that spans half ...

If that’s too long to wait, two total lunar eclipses are also coming, one in September and another next March. Unlike total ...

A twisting, whirling streamer of plasma escaping the sun in the aftermath of a coronal mass ejection (CME) has been captured ...