Glance over your best 8 friends in your personal Solar System ...

A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four ...

"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 ...

The Ghost of the Solar System: Why Can't We Find Planet 9? Deep in the outer reaches of our solar system, far beyond Neptune and Pluto, something massive is hiding in the dark. Scientists call it ...

NASA’s newly launched IMAP mission is set to tell us more about the boundary between our Solar System and interstellar space ...

Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.

Starting Jan. 21, Canadians can see a rare celestial event as six planets line up in the evening sky, mostly visible to the ...

Olympus Mons is a giant volcano on Mars. It is the tallest mountain in space. It is almost three times higher than Mount Everest. It shows us how amazing the rocks and land on Mars can be.

In addition to shaping the interior of rocky planets, molten rock located deep within these planets may also contribute to ...

Do you know which planet could float in a giant bathtub? Discover the science behind its low density, its hundreds of moons, and its famous rings.

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 ...