The curious minds at What If examine the varying lengths of day-night cycles across our solar system, from the 176-day ...

Evidence of the slowing of Charon's spin period (despinning) is recorded in tectonic features on the surface of Pluto's icy ...

A newly discovered turning point in the Sun’s 11-year cycle could allow scientists to predict future solar activity years ...

Learn about the formation of the grains within many meteorites, emerging from collisions of planetary bodies in the early Solar System.

A new study suggests Pluto’s largest moon has preserved signs of an ancient process that gradually slowed its rotation. By ...

A PV system developed at TU Graz increases energy yield through two-axis tracking of the sun’s position – particularly in the ...

From the cratered companion that lights Earth's night sky to the hundreds of icy worlds circling the Solar System's giant planets, moons are among the most fascinating objects in space. Over the past ...

Researchers led by Armin Buchroithner from the Institute of Electrical Measurement and Sensor Systems at TU Graz have ...

Although general relativity (GR) is an elegant theory of gravity, we don't often need to use it. For most gravitational ...

Researchers probe the geochemistry of the moon, Mars, asteroids, and water worlds to understand our home and plan for future ...

The Milky Way may not always have faced the same direction. New simulations suggest its stellar disc could have swung through ...

If you happen to find yourself in Greenland, off the west coast of Iceland or along a narrow path in central Spain on August 12, 2026, then you’re very lucky (or very adept with your scheduling): ...