Two meteorites found in the Sahara in 2023 might be from Mercury, a study suggests, but doubts remain due to how little is known about the planet closest to the sun.

The star HIP 67522 with a flare erupting toward an orbiting planet, HIP 67522 b, is depicted in this illustration released by ...

Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close to a young star, a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close ...

A woman has sustained severe injuries to an arm when she was attacked by a lion at an Australian zoo. The Darling Downs Zoo ...

NASA has issued a major geostorm alert after detecting intense solar activity that could impact Earth’s satellites, communications, GPS systems, and even power grids. The public is advised to stay ...

Firefighters on Thursday discovered the body of an elderly man after extinguishing a wildfire near a village in western ...

Stars often whip their planets with solar winds and radiation, pull them ever closer with gravity and sear them with heat.

Welcome to SolarBalls! This channel features fun, entertaining animations that help you learn about the solar system and the universe. Enjoy our animations and comedy centered on space themes!

1 Introduction Mercury is an airless body that possesses a tenuous, collisionless atmosphere formed via different weathering mechanisms. This leaves its surface vulnerable to photons, solar wind ions, ...

How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) ...