Solar System

"McGetchin crater is exceptional because it is the largest newly formed impact crater that has been identified to date."

"You can probably easily build a multistory building on Mars with the material."

A storm sent a surge of current through telegraph wires that caused a train on one of Britain's early railway lines to be delayed by 16 minutes.

By making fuel on the Red Planet rather than bringing it from Earth, a Mars mission could save vital mass.

"Both of our workspaces this week contained features unlike quite anything we have seen in the past."

"Every one of these objects we study helps us understand a little more about how planets form around other stars."

The discovery of water in dark craters at the moon's poles has sparked a "moon rush" to establish bases there, and then villages, cities and heavy industry. How sustainable is this rush?

For more than a century, astronomers have been captivated by the idea that an undiscovered planet could be lurking in the furthest reaches of our solar system.

NASA and IBM have developed an AI model to help sift through the mountains of data the agency has gathered about the moon.