An analysis of feldspar crystals within the oldest magmatic rocks in Australia has provided a unique insight into Earth's ancient mantle and continents, and the early beginnings of the moon.

A team of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the first 3D atmospheric map of an exoplanet. The fiery WASP-18b, a massive “ultra-hot Jupiter,” revealed striking temperature ...

Where is the impactor?” The question, raised during a planetary science lecture back in 2019, struck a chord with ...

Washington, DC— Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between ...

Researchers rarely get a glimpse of an interstellar object up close like 3I-ATLAS, so they have jumped on the opportunity to learn about its composition, which can reveal how planet systems are made.

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a main guiding principle. “All life on Earth needs liquid water, no matter ...

Study discovered that Chiron, a small icy world between Saturn and Uranus, is forming rings. This shows how small worlds ...

A coronal mass ejection on another star has been witnessed in its entirety for the first time, revealing that when these ...

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Planet Y may orbit closer than ‘Planet Nine’ A hidden planet could explain tilted KBO orbits New study suggests a rocky world like Earth ...

BOONE — Appalachian State University's College of Arts and Sciences and Department of Physics and Astronomy will host world-renowned physicist Dr. Sylvester James Gates Jr. as the 2025 Morgan Science ...