Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...

The search for life beyond Earth is a holy grail quest for many experts, but finding where to look is a core issue.

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...

Planetariums were a hit with the public. Within decades, they had spread around the world – the first planetarium in the ...

Finding planets that could potentially be home to life isn’t very easy, but researchers from Switzerland have created an AI ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed two large planets at different stages of infancy - one with an atmosphere brimming with dusty clouds and the other encircled by a disk of material - ...

An unexpectedly strong solar storm rocked our planet on April 23, 2023, sparking auroras as far south as southern Texas in ...

OF201, the object belongs to the same all-star family as Pluto: dwarf planets. Its diameter, roughly 435 miles (700 km), is half Pluto’s, ...

If you looked at the churning clouds near Jupiter’s pole, they appear like ocean currents on Earth — as if you’re looking at ...

The Delta Astronomical Society (DAS), the staff of Genesis Graphics, the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) director and friends attended on Wednesday a casual celebration to unveil a plaque in ...

Researchers now appreciate that gas planets are more complex than first thought. New findings have implications for our ...