Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system. Explore its size, extreme temperatures, core structure, and comparison with Pluto.

Settling on the Moon or Mars may be all the buzz. But how about we all move to an icy dwarf planet in the middle of the Solar System? To Ceres. What would make this a good candidate for a space ...

A new study analyzes three asteroid and two meteorite samples to see if space rocks smacking into Earth could’ve helped ...

The UK insurance market could propel the British space industry to the fore. Will we fire up those boosters, or let others ...

Scientists have identified a rocky outer planet in a system where a gas giant was expected. The discovery challenges ...

One of the longest stellar dimming events ever observed was likely caused by the gigantic saucer-like rings of either an unseen brown dwarf or "super-Jupiter" blocking its host star's light, ...

Astronomers have uncovered a distant planetary system that flips a long-standing rule of planet formation on its head. Around the small red dwarf star LHS 1903, scientists expected to find rocky ...

The similarities are astonishing. And yet... The post NASA Telescope Discovers Nearby Planet With Deep Similarities to Earth ...

A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.

A newly identified planet candidate, HD 137010 b, looks strikingly Earth-like in size and orbit — but it may be colder than Mars due to its dimmer star. If it has a thick enough atmosphere, though, ...

Scientists discover a 21-million-year-old dwarf sea cow that grazed in the Arabian Gulf, revealing how it transformed marine ...

When you buy shares in a company, there is always a risk that the price drops to zero. But if you pick the right business to buy shares in, you can make more than you can lose. Take, for example Ceres ...