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 ...

A 3D map of our cosmic neighborhood has revealed hot and cold regions as well as an "escape tunnel" from our local bubble.

Our solar system used to ... professor of astronomy and planetary sciences at Northern Arizona University. Sheppard and Trujillo were the first to notice that the orbits of a handful of known ...

Using data from the eROSITA All-Sky Survey, astronomers have created a 3D map of the low-density bubble of X-ray-emitting, million-degree hot gas that surrounds the solar system. The investigation ...

Our ability to detect planets outside our Solar System is becoming ... determine that this planet orbits in less than a month around a young star named CI Tau. The detected signal takes the form of ...

Pluto. Due to its large mass, it would have a great internal energy that could sustain, for example, subsurface oceans. Its orbit would be very distant, much beyond Neptune, and much more inclined ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Using data from the eROSITA All-Sky Survey, astronomers have created a 3D map of the low ...