A sun dog or sundog, also called a mock sun is an atmospheric phenomenon that creates bright spots of light in the sky, often on a...
Neptune may have polished off a super-Earth that once roamed the outer solar system and stolen its moon to boot. The brutal deed could explain mysterious...
Since the surprise discovery last year of trace amounts of water on the moon, scientists have been redefining their concept of Earth’s rocky neighbor. Now researchers...
As Japan gears up to send the first working solar sail into deep space in a couple of months, the Planetary Society is moving ahead with...
The best thermal images of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot yet captured have revealed surprising weather and temperature variation within the solar system’s most famous storm. The...
The ingredients for life as we know it have been found in the Orion Nebula. By finely separating the spectrum of incoming light, astronomers are able...
1. Outer space has no gravity – On the contrary, there is gravity in space. In fact, there is a lot of it. The main reason...
Officially, only four, but there are theories that suggest up to ten dimensions. One of the current scientific evidence to defend the ten dimensions is the...
Evidence for the existence of Earth’s magnetic field has been pushed back about 250 million years, new research suggests. The field may therefore be old enough...
A moon probe has found millions of tons of water on the moon’s north pole, NASA reported Monday. The vast source of water could one day...