The engineering lesson is simple: Sometimes the best observatory is the one already parked at another planet. When an ...

This summer, scientists spotted an incredibly rare visitor to Earth’s solar system—a comet, now known as 3I/ATLAS, that entered our solar system from the galaxy beyond and is zipping past the sun at a ...

Mars has an active, electrically charged surface where dust storms and spinning dust devils regularly move and reshape the landscape. Mars is often portrayed as a dry, empty world, but the planet is ...

Researchers uncover how Mars affects Earth’s orbit, offering new insight into the planetary forces behind ice ages.

The European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passed close to Mars. (The European Space Agency) A mysterious interstellar comet — just the third such ...

"Without Mars, Earth's orbit would be missing major climate cycles. What would humans and other animals even look like if ...

Researchers worked out the ocean's size by finding how high the water level got in the Solar System’s largest canyon system.

Despite its small size, Mars seems to have a huge impact on the orbital cycles that govern Earth’s climate, especially those ...

Do you know which planet has a waterfall four times taller than Angel Falls? Discover the largest waterfall in the Solar ...