The Arecibo Message as it appears when its 1,679 bits are properly aligned on a grid (left), an annotated illustration ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected possible signs of gases released by volcanic activity on a ...

A 3D map of our cosmic neighborhood has revealed hot and cold regions as well as an "escape tunnel" from our local bubble.

By probing chemical processes observed in the Earth's hot mantle, Cornell scientists have started developing a library of ...

When did Pluto become a planet? When Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930, scientists were searching far and wide ...

Scientists have found that a "rare intense wind event" during NASA's Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 may have messed with ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international cooperation of NASA and the European and Canadian space agencies, a ...

A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...

Today, we know of more than 5,000 exoplanets: planets outside our solar system that orbit other stars. While the effort to ...

Scientists may have explained a mystery that has puzzled us about Uranus for decades. Researchers believe that data that ...

By 3.6 billion years ago, Mars should have become too cold for liquid water, but something kept the rivers flowing.

11, 2024 — Astronomers have achieved a major breakthrough in solar physics by successfully producing detailed maps of the Sun's coronal magnetic fields. This milestone promises to enhance our ...