A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

Pictures may enliven us, but other data, such as information about magnetic fields, add a huge amount to our understanding of ...

If there was a contest for the most interesting moon in our solar system, Callisto would be a contender. Jupiter's ...

Barnard's Star is a small, dim star of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the ...

The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...

"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

The seventh planet from the sun was first discovered on 13 March 1781 by William Herschel, a German-British astronomer.

Voyager 1 crossed into interstellar space in 2012, followed by Voyager 2 in 2018, making them the only spacecraft to operate ...