Scientists in a recent study have revealed a new expiration date for our solar system. A new study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters suggests the solar system’s lifespan could be ...

Ancient grains inside one of the oldest known meteorites reveal that a surprisingly strong magnetic field existed during the solar system’s first 200,000 years. The discovery suggests magnetism worked ...

Ancient iron meteorites reveal that some of the Solar System’s first solid bodies were built mostly from tiny heat-forged rock beads called chondrules, while water-rich dust was largely excluded. The ...

When the solar system first took up the task of building solid bodies — such as planets, moons, and protoplanets — it basically had a choice between two ingredients. There were heat-forged chondrules, ...

Thousands of planets have been discovered beyond our solar system, offering clues to where life might thrive and whether Earth is truly unique. By Natalie Wolchover Natalie is a Pulitzer Prize winning ...

Photovoltaic systems for electricity, solar thermal collectors for heat, and air conditioning for cooling are standard solutions for buildings. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology ...

Throughout most of human history, the only natural satellite humanity knew of was the Moon. While planets like Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury were visible to the naked eye, it wasn't until ...

An image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS captured by a telescope in Hawaii International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / B. Bolin Image Processing: J. Miller & M. Rodriguez (International ...

While life on Mars (and Venus) has long been an obsession for those wondering if we're alone, there are other places in our solar system that could support life in some form. This artist's concept ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

LOVELAND, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Opterus has received a $10.2 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract from NASA to provide the structural deployment system for the agency ...

Planetary scientists have long debated where the material that formed Earth comes from. Despite its location in the inner solar system, they consider it likely that 6–40% of this material must have ...