It’s commonly known that the Sun is the center of our solar system, with all the planets orbiting around it. However, this ...

This week, revisit what you know about Uranus, explore the far side of the moon, rediscover the famed fossil known as Lucy, ...

Earth, between sweltering Venus and frozen Mars, formed and orbits within a band where water could persist in solid, liquid, and gaseous phases. Mars had surface water, but not as much as Earth, and ...

Scientists are reconsidering old information about Uranus. NPR's Scott Simon explains the problem with photos taken of the ...

Solar and cosmochemical data indicate high levels of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen in the Sun. Researchers have unveiled a new ...

Some minerals in lava could suggest water is nearby.

By studying decay of bound-state beta decay of thallium-205 (205Tl81+), scientists can better understand the timing and ...

This background radiation has long been known to originate from the Local Hot Bubble (LHB), a vast region of hot gas ...

Uranus's upper atmosphere has been cooling for decades—and now scientists have shown why. Observations from Earth have shown ...

When cooking or serving with black plastic utensils, like spatulas, tongs and ladles, the toxic materials inside can seep ...

The Arecibo Message as it appears when its 1,679 bits are properly aligned on a grid (left), an annotated illustration ...

The movements of the planets in the Solar System are pretty difficult to get your head around, even before we get started on ...