In about 5 billion years, the Sun will run out of hydrogen at its core. This will make it swell up into a red giant, as it begins to fuse helium instead. In the process, we can say goodbye to Mercury ...

A new study published onarXiv by researchers from UC Berkeley, led by theoretical physicist J.J. Zanazzi, reveals that giant impacts between young gas giants can trigger seismic oscillations lasting ...

A nuclear bomb might one day deflect an asteroid and save Earth from a disaster. Here’s how the lab simulation went: Before the asteroid could threaten the peaceful blue planet below, a powerful pulse ...