TRI-CITIES, Wash., - A new educational project is set to transform the trails along the Columbia River into a scale model of ...

Astronomers have developed a computer simulation to explore, in unprecedented detail, magnetism and turbulence in the ...

The discoveries are helping them better classify different TNOs and understand the complex chemical reactions in space that may relate to the formation of our solar system and the origin of life.

For years, astronomers have been searching for a ninth planet in our solar system (after giving Pluto the old heave-ho and demoting it to a dwarf planet) and now researchers say they’ve found a ...

The IQ Balcony Solar System includes Enphase IQ8HC™ Microinverters, IQ ® Balcony Gateway, and other components. Balcony solar systems - or "plug-in solar” systems - are rapidly expanding access to ...

This artist’s illustration provided by the European Southern Observatory shows an exoplanet orbiting around two brown dwarfs, celestial objects that are lighter than stars, but heavier than gas ...

Scientists have found what they are calling the strongest sign yet of possible life beyond our solar system after detecting the chemical footprint of gases in an alien planet's atmosphere that on ...

This model of solar system formation is known as the nebular hypothesis. The solar system is structured in a roughly flat plane called the ecliptic, with most planets orbiting the sun in the same ...

Tatooine-Like Planet Outside the Solar System May Orbit Two Failed Stars, Scientists Say NEW YORK (AP) — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars ...

Researchers discovered Eos, a molecular cloud, using ultraviolet light. It is near Earth and lacks carbon monoxide. This cloud lies on the Local Bubble's edge. Eos's discovery helps understand ...

That October, for the very first time, an interstellar object was caught diving into and then scarpering away from our solar system. As it left, it accelerated dramatically—and, as with 2003 RM ...

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they remain cautious. Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of ...