On the 95th anniversary of its discovery, Pluto remains one of the most beloved and enigmatic worlds in our solar system, ...

A parade of seven planets is set to appear in the night sky this month, and it will be the last of its kind until 2040.

For a brief moment at the end of February, every planet will appear in the night sky simultaneously in a rare celestial ...

Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury will be visible in an uncommon planetary alignment this month.

Astronomers on Tuesday announced their observations of distinct winds in separate layers circulating on the planet named WASP ...

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a cosmic cloudscape, with clouds of dust and gas swirling in beautiful colors.

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...

“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...

Astronomers have mapped, for the first time, the three-dimensional structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, revealing ...

Researchers have peered into the atmosphere of planet WASP-121b and found its climate is stranger than anyone imagined.

White dwarf stars could host habitable planets. Fast planetary rotation reduces cloud cover, keeping surface temperatures stable.

NASA scientists have detected a star and trailing exoplanet that may be sailing through the Milky Way with unprecedented ...