Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

A small team led by Sihao Cheng, Martin A. and Helen Chooljian Member in the Institute for Advanced Study's School of Natural ...

At the very edge of our solar system, beyond the grasp of Neptune and even past the icy sprawl of Pluto’s domain, a new ...

We tend to think of habitability in terms of individual planets and their potential to host life. But barring outliers like ...

T he Solar System has just gotten a new official member. Currently, with the name of 2017 OF 201, this is a trans-Neptunian ...

"For the first time we can see the chemical cake while it's rising in the oven, instead of just the starting ingredients of ...

NASA astronaut Anne McClain shared photos she captured of lightning as seen from her place on board the International Space ...

Following the much-ballyhooed “planet parade” this winter, the planets have been gradually dipping below the horizon, ...

In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

New images from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal that Jupiter’s dazzling auroras are hundreds of times brighter than ...

Scientists directed NASA’s Perseverance rover to take an image of the Martian sky after a solar storm in hopes that an aurora ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the European Space Agency (Esa). It has launched spectacularly ...