A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the origins of the chemistry of life.

This video explores how scientists determine the ages of planets and which worlds formed first, based on planetary formation, ...

A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four ...

Tree rings hold clues about ancient solar storms. New research shows tree growth and carbon storage can shift those signals across years.

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that in January most of East Asia experienced normal to above-average solar irradiance, with southeastern China seeing surges ...

New simulations suggest Jupiter holds far more water than once thought, reshaping ideas about how the largest planet formed.

When a solar storm strikes Earth, it can disrupt technology that's vital for our daily lives. Solar storms occur when ...

F or all of its life-sustaining energy, the sun is pretty chaotic. Roiling plasma covers its surface along with fluidic snarls of magnetic fields that birth solar flares. These fiery outbursts occur ...

Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at the outskirts of our own solar system contain crystalline ...

But only in the last 70 years have we known for certain they were there. In 1956, physicists Clyde Cowan and Frederick Reines ...

Astronomers have identified a rare sednoid called Ammonite, an icy object beyond Neptune that offers new insight into the ...