Scientific American spoke with the astronomer who has contributed to the discovery of two thirds of Saturn’s known moons ...

Scientists have identified *Ikaria wariootia*, a tiny wormlike creature from 555 million years ago, as the earliest known ...

A new device uses quantum optics to filter out starlight in real time — bringing scientists closer to directly observing ...

A new study published in Science Advances by researchers from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy ...

The Gannon storm, the first named geomagnetic storm, brought rare auroras and major changes to Earth's magnetosphere in 2024.

The fundamental building blocks for planet formation can exist even in environments with extreme ultraviolet radiation, ...

A recent study published in Nature Astronomyhas provided compelling evidence for a frozen ocean world on the dwarf planet ...

A recent groundbreaking scientific expedition has pierced deeper into the Earth’s mantle than ever before, offering unprecedented insights into the planet’s geology. The findings, detailed in a study ...

A new study has revealed that Jupiter—our solar system’s largest planet—was once even more enormous than it is today. In fact ...

New research challenges the long-held belief that asteroid Vesta is a protoplanet. Scientists at Michigan State University ...

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...