The biggest planet in the solar system has no tilt as it moves, so its poles have never been visible from Earth

Study, based in part at Berkeley Lab, also suggests dwarf planet in asteroid belt may be a source of rich organic matter

"Discoveries like this really help to give a little more insight into what’s out there and encourages people to look up and wonder”

New work will help astronomers allocate scarce observing time to the most promising candidates for habitability

Berkeley Lab scientists play key role in explaining a historic discovery

Though the "warm little ponds" concept has been around since Darwin, the researchers have now proven its plausibility through numerous evidence-based calculations

The mission has told us a great deal about the unique and unexpected chemistry of Saturn's moon Titan, and it has changed the way we think about our own planet and the entire solar system

Low-mass stars are always born with a sibling, but many, like our sun, split up

The improved method for determining the position of objects captured by imaging systems is the result of new research by scientists at the University of Chicago

Solar twin could hold clues to planetary formation