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 ...

Scientists estimate there are ~1 septillion (1 followed by 24 zeros) planets in the observable universe. This figure is based ...

If you find Jupiter, you’ll likely see four small dots to the side of the gas giant: they are the Galilean moons, four of the 95 natural satellites around the Solar System’s largest planet.

Among the various places humans have aspired to visit in the solar system, the sun remains the ... The star also has strong, dynamic magnetic fields crisscrossing its surface, and sudden changes ...

Dramatic theories have been proposed to explain the mysterious interiors of Uranus and Neptune, the ice giants of our solar ...

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

Nuclear pulse propulsion is a technology that would work. It was being developed in the 1960s but it was stopped because of ...