Each zodiac sign is ruled by one or more planets, which imbue the sign with certain characteristics and energies. Here’s a ...

The presence of two types of hair cells, the inner and outer hair cells, in the organ of Corti was appreciated nearly a 100 years ago but the function of the two has only become clear in the last 20 ...

Study reveals an interstellar object's impact on planetary orbits, reshaping solar system dynamics. Discover how simulations ...

The building blocks of life could have been delivered to Ceres by one or more space rocks from the outer asteroid belt.

Current theories of planetary formation describe inner planets as composed of more dense material since lighter elements are driven to outer reaches of the system. The outer planets by contrast ...

The planets Mercury, Venus ... The belts that carry Van Allen’s name have two areas of maximum density. The inner region, consisting largely of protons with an energy greater than 30 million eV, is ...

A planet-size object that possibly once visited the solar system may have permanently changed our cosmic neighborhood by warping the orbits of the four outer planets, a new study suggests.

A planet-sized visitor possibly visited the solar system billions of years ago and permanently changed the cosmic neighbourhood by warping the orbital path of four outer planets of the system ...

Ancient lunar basins that formed within about 100 million years after the lunar magma ocean solidified have fully relaxed, owing to the high temperature of the lower crust, and thus escaped ...

The planets are lining up, forming a rare and special parade across the night sky in January and February. Four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars — are bright enough to see with the ...