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Study Says Earth Could Avoid Being Engulfed by Dying Sun

Revised tidal physics with L2 Puppis–based mass‑loss estimates shift simulations toward orbital expansion over inward tidal pull.

Lucy Flyby Shows Peanut‑Shaped Asteroid Is Water‑Altered Fragment of Ancient Collision

Lunar Meteorite Reveals a 3.486‑Billion‑Year‑Old, Extremely High‑Temperature Impact

Lunar Meteorite Preserves Evidence of a 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Giant Moon Impact

Astronomers Infer Magnetic Fields on Seven Ultra‑Hot Jupiters

Study Finds Earth’s Phosphorus and Nitrogen Came From the Inner Solar System

Helioseismology Shows Sun’s Magnetic Activity Is Becoming Confined to a Shallow Near‑Surface Layer

Study Suggests Nereid Is Neptune’s Last Intact Original Moon

Study Challenges 'Ice Giant' Label for Uranus and Neptune

Scientists Detect Ultra-Thin Atmosphere Around Tiny Kuiper Belt Object

Tiny Kuiper Belt World 2002 XV93 Confirmed to Host an Ultra-Thin Atmosphere

Astronomers Detect Thin Atmosphere on Small World Beyond Pluto

NASA Chief Endorses Making Pluto a Planet Again

Study Reports Tenuous Atmosphere on a 500-Kilometer Kuiper Belt World

Most Distant Solar System Atmosphere Confirmed on Trans‑Neptunian Object 2002 XV93

NASA Chief Backs Restoring Pluto’s Planet Status, Plans Scientific Push

Comet Pan‑STARRS Reaches Perihelion Sunday, Closing a Brief Pre‑Dawn Viewing Window

Lab Experiments Recreate Mercury Magma to Show Sulfur Lowers Crystallization Temperatures

Rare Comet Pan‑STARRS Now Glows Before Dawn for a Short Northern Viewing Window

NASA Chief Responds to 10-Year-Old’s Pluto Plea With “We Are Looking Into This”