A mysterious giant 10-sided pattern of clouds has recently formed around Saturn’s south pole, a new study finds.
Scientists have managed to extract the history of supernova explosions in our cosmic backyard from radioactive isotopes found in moon dust.
New research into the interior of Mars further emphasizes that the Red Planet is a world of two very different halves.
Unpopular opinion time, Pluto being reclassified as a dwarf planet was a great thing for our understanding of the solar system and for the former planet, too.
Twenty years after Pluto became a dwarf planet, people are still fighting over its status. Experts explain why the debate feels so personal.
On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) decided that Pluto wasn’t a planet anymore.
A fractured “ice tongue” is visible in the imagery.
The reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet continues to stir up a hornet’s nest of controversy and debate, as Space.com meets one astronomer who believes the decision to have been a mistake.
Taking measurements of the same CME from different vantage points in the solar system revealed the true extent of a solar eruption.
Japan recently gave the world a look at the spacecraft of its MMX mission, which will launch on Oct. 19 to grab pieces of the Mars moon Phobos and haul them back to Earth.