"Temperamental" stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant planets, suggests a new study.

Data collected by NASA's InSight lander suggest that ancient internal processes are responsible for the "Martian dichotomy" ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

A team of scientists from the Czech Republic has discovered the world’s largest underground thermal lake, located in southern ...

New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial planets, helping scientists piece together the chaotic history of our solar ...

Researchers believe they have rediscovered a mysterious star system first spotted in 2011. If true, the alien sun and its ...

This technique can give clues about the planet’s size (by looking at how much starlight ... to ensure they were comparing like with like, minimising the biases that occur when datasets are ...

A star system has been discovered to be moving at an estimated 1.2 million miles per hour, making it possibly the fastest moving solar system in our galaxy.

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...