However, there are many unknown factors that make it difficult to predict the ultimate fate of our galaxy, according to the ...

There was a time when oil and gas companies happily linked themselves to the idea of planet-wide environmental changes. "Each ...

The chemical composition of WASP-121b suggests that it formed in a cool zone of its natal disc, comparable to the region of gas and ice giants in our Solar System. Methane indicates unexpected ...

For centuries, astronomers have sought to understand the formation and evolution of the solar system and the dynamics that ...

The Milky Way may merge with the Large Magellanic Cloud in 2 billion years, not Andromeda, contrary to previous findings.

Astronomers have detected silicon monoxide gas in the atmosphere of a planet 850 lightyears from Earth, the first time the gas has ever been observed on any planet, including those in the solar system ...

Jupiter’s ice-covered ocean moon Europa floats above the planet’s Great Red Spot in this 1979 image from Voyager 1. This is a ...