The 2026 Lyrid meteor shower peaked overnight on April 21–22, delivering up to 20 meteors per hour under dark skies enhanced ...

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

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 ...

Modelling suggests that the layer beneath the planet’s acidic clouds is comprised of particles from outer space.

While India's interplanetary ambitions remain significant, the current pace of financial and technical progress raises ...

From lazy ripples to towering breakers, the mechanics of ocean waves should vary widely from one planet to another, according ...

Sulfur on Mercury was as important to the planet's formation as oxygen was to Earth's evolution, the study suggests.

Upon arriving at Venus, any organic material will also need to be dispersed in or above the clouds if it is to survive. With this in mind, the team's computations focused on how fireball meteorites ...

Much like Earth, Venus has an ozone layer high in its atmosphere, according to new data received by the European Space Agency. The ozone was detected by instruments on the agency’s Venus Express ...

For decades, scientists have been baffled by two enormous structures buried deep inside Earth. These anomalies may retain geochemical signatures distinct from the surrounding mantle. Yet, their origin ...