The 2026 Lyrid meteor shower peaked overnight on April 21–22, delivering up to 20 meteors per hour under dark skies enhanced by a slim crescent moon. NASA astronaut Jessica Meir captured a rare ...

Scientists reveal how waves behave on alien planets, from towering methane seas on Titan to nearly still lava oceans on ...

Learn how a new model shows how waves form on alien oceans, revealing that gentle winds could create massive swells on Titan, ...

Mars is the most studied planet in our solar system and for good reasons. Contrary to Mercury or Venus, it could be potentially habitable with the right technology, having an atmosphere and a ...

On April 6, 2026, shortly before Earth slid behind the Moon from the perspective of Orion, and the spacecraft lost radio ...

Even at a glance, the planets in our solar system are wildly diverse. Huge and small, airless and densely packed with ...

Venus has a hazy lower atmosphere. New research suggests that it is caused by cosmic dust, fragments of shooting stars.

Most of Titan’s surface is oddly flat and smooth, and it may be because it is coated by as much as a metre of fluffy organic material that snowed down from the icy moon’s thick atmosphere ...

The Louvre Museum is taking part in Nuit des Musées 2026 this Saturday, May 23, 2026, and will host a free, special ...