"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

For over 50 years, we thought we knew the size and shape of Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet. Now, Weizmann ...

From dazzling Jupiter high in the evening sky to elusive Mercury low at sunset, February 2026 offers one of the year's best ...

V1298 Tau links swollen young worlds to the compact planets that astronomers keep finding, and its timing signals made that connection measurable. Future transit-timing and atmospheric observations ...

From a rare lunar occultation of Regulus and a six-planet parade to an annular solar eclipse, there will be plenty going on in the night sky in February 2026.

For years, astronomers have suspected there’s a massive unseen world hiding far beyond Neptune — Planet 9. This video breaks down the strongest evidence, the strange orbital patterns that sparked the ...

The February episode of The Sky Above features a look at astronomical events happening this month, including a parade of ...

For the first time, researchers have found what seems to be a cloud of dark matter about 60 million times the mass of the sun in our galactic neighbourhood ...

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of stars are equally common. Physicists can now explain the dearth.

As the moon wanes toward its new phase on February 17, the month's prime astrophotography window opens. These nights are ...

Earth is about 94 million miles from the Sun. That’s within the Goldilocks zone: the place in our solar system where a planet ...