In the crowded, turbulent heart of the Milky Way, scientists have picked out a fragile pattern of atoms that could help ...

Astronomers have spotted an unexpected chemical heavyweight drifting through deep space - and it may offer new clues about how life gets started. Detected near the center of the Milky Way, the ...

Scientists have discovered the largest organic molecule containing sulfur—a key ingredient for life—ever identified in space.

An analysis of 100,000 satellite images of Mercury has revealed traces of changes that challenge the image of a "dead" planet.

In the tropics, the border between troposphere and stratosphere—the tropopause—sits at around 20km, far above any normal ...

Learn about the bright streaks that may represent recent geological activity on Mercury, which has been considered a dead ...

Although Mercury was geologically active in its early days, today its surface appears almost completely static. This is why ...

Stricter international limits on sulphur in ship fuel are reducing lightning activity along some of the planet’s busiest ...