New calculations reported by Live Science indicate Jupiter was once much larger and is still contracting as it cools, offering constraints on early solar system conditions.

Crystals hidden in Australia’s oldest rocks have revealed new clues about how Earth and the Moon formed. The study suggests ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have identified a population of “platypus galaxies” that defy ...

A seven-million-year-old fossil may mark the moment our ancestors first stood up and walked.