“Mars, can you please clean up your Legos?” “Jupiter, finish your peas.” “Don’t pull the cat’s tail, Mercury!” ...

New research reveals that Dante Alighieri's Inferno wasn't just a masterpiece of literature: it was a gedankenexperiment in impact physics. From multi-ring craters to shockwaves that reshaped the ...

To date, humanity has discovered over 6,200 confirmed exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, according to NASA's ...

A bizarre planetary pairing 190 light-years away is challenging everything astronomers thought they knew about how worlds form. A “lonely” hot Jupiter — typically found without nearby companions — is ...

Researchers from Marshall University reexamine the Divine Comedy through the lens of cosmic collision physics and conclude ...

In conversation with Space.com, the new Planetary Society CEO talked about the fight to restore NASA's funding again 2027.

David Attenborough is celebrating his 100th birthday on Friday, a milestone in a remarkable life that has taken him from ...

Becca Caroline explains that scientists have discovered that the planet, TRAPPIST-1e, exists in the habitable zone around its ...

Astronomers have unleashed a powerful new AI tool called RAVEN to comb through data from NASA’s TESS mission—and it’s paying ...

A new paper from NASA's Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project announces that volunteers have essentially doubled the number of ...

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