Mercury is tiny, barely bigger than the Moon. Its metallic core makes up 70% of the planet’s mass, vastly exceeding Earth’s ...

To probe the mysteries of how galaxies evolve over time, scientists needed a supercomputer with out-of-this-world ...

A study published in the journal Nature Astronomy challenges traditional explanations about the origin of the innermost planet in the Solar System and proposes a more likely scenario. The collision ...

The main working hypothesis for the Mercury problem says that the planet is the victim of a collision with a different-sized object. The cataclysmic collision stripped much of the planet's mantle and ...

The formation of Mercury remains an unsolved mystery. The planet closest to the Sun has a disproportionately large metallic core – accounting for ...

Scientists use the Frontier supercomputer to reveal how black holes and magnetic fields keep galaxy clusters stable for billions of years.

A pioneering study by the Institute of Geological Sciences at the University of Bern has for the first time established a ...

In a cosmic milestone that once seemed straight out of science fiction, astronomers have captured something previously only ...

An Einstein cross is a phenomenon where a distant object appears as multiple images arranged in a cross-like pattern around a foreground galaxy. A fifth image in the newly discovered cross reveals the ...

Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its ...

New simulations suggest that Mercury's formation could be the result of a rare collision between two celestial bodies of ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...