An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a sun-like star, ...

One of the most challenging aspects of astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is anticipating ...

Astronomers have been curious about the makeup of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, ever since its discovery by ...

Mars' global magnetic field may have hung around for 200 million years longer than scientists had thought, possibly giving ...

MIT researchers analyzed precious samples from the asteroid Ryugu, delivered to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission. They looked for clues of an ancient magnetic field.

We’re showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...

Tiny grains from asteroid Ryugu are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. The findings suggest the distal solar system ...

The new study modeled a rocky planet through the course of its molten formation and cooling over hundreds of millions of years into a solid terrestrial planet. Results showed that hydrogen or other ...

believed to harbor 2.5% of all the terrestrial biodiversity in the world. The data from Planet will help it zoom in on the ecosystem to make better-informed decisions. “A lot of research that ...

The Terrestrial Vertebrate Fauna Survey Guidelines (PDF, 4.6 MB) for Queensland outline the minimum survey requirements, survey standards and appropriate practice for the survey of terrestrial ...

of warming above pre-industrial levels by 2100 if governments do not take greater action on slashing planet-warming emissions. Governments in 2015 signed up to the Paris Agreement and a cap of 1.5 ...

That is, if Saturn wants to hang with its fellow gas giants and ice giants. In fact, even smaller terrestrial planets like Earth and Mars have Trojans. "We think it is about 9 miles (15 kilometers ...