Ever seen the northern lights? You have a magnetic layer in Earth’s atmosphere to thank for those beautiful displays. But the magnetosphere does a lot more than create auroras.

Some dark craters on the Moon are never exposed to light − ice could be hiding in these permanently shadowed regions, and India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission marked a big step toward finding it.

Despite the distances involved, people as far apart as the UK and Australia can see the Moon at the same time.

Studying the sample could help answer how water arrived on Earth and how life started.

MIT scientists find the sounds beneath our feet are fingerprints of rock stability.

Mercury has shrunk by7 km. Most of this happened long ago, but now we have evidence that it continues.

India’s Chandrayaan-3 rover has found sulfur on the Moon’s surface at higher concentrations than previously seen. Sulfur, a useful resource, could pave the way for future Moon bases.

The frosty gas giant was discovered in a system that also hosts a warm Jupiter.

A new technique uses remote images to gauge the strength of ancient and active rivers beyond Earth.

Astronomers discover the last three planets the Kepler telescope observed before going dark.