Ancient water in protoplanetary disk is older than its star

An artist’s impression of the V883 Ori planet-forming disk, along with some early comets. New results…

This dead star is still shredding its planetary system

Artist’s concept showing a 3-billion-year-old dead star, known as a white dwarf, accreting material from the…

What etched these strange gullies on Mars into the sand?

Mysterious gullies on Mars appear to have been dug, but by whom or what? Video via…

New study says microbes on Mars might be living in the ice

The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter took this stunning view of the ice-filled Korolev Crater…

Dark matter might leave a colorful ‘fingerprint’ on light

This collage shows NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope images of 6 different galaxy clusters, with dark matter…

Phosphine on brown dwarf is 1st found in surprise discovery

Artist’s schematic concept of the Wolf 1130ABC system. It consists of the red dwarf star Wolf…

Saturn’s rings are weird and wonderful: 10 facts here

The Cassini spacecraft caught the 6th planet from the sun and its rings like never before.…

New evidence for ocean on Mars found in ancient rivers

View larger. | Artist’s concept of what an ancient ocean on Mars might have looked like.…

Gravity vs magnetism: Star-forming interaction revealed

This image, taken by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, shows a portion of molecular cloud NGC 6334,…

Dancing dust devils on Mars trace raging winds

The High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express tracked this dust devil across…