In a major yet surprising turn of events, astronomers have recently discovered a newborn planet orbiting around a young ...

Today, we know of more than 5,000 exoplanets: planets outside our solar system that orbit other stars. While the effort to ...

Over many millions of years, NASA suspects the young world could mature into either of the most common planets found in our ...

Even JWST can’t separate these tiny planets from their host stars – as they orbit their stars too closely. But there is a way to “see” the planet’s atmosphere from this entangled light.

Decades-old data from NASA's Voyager 2 has reignited interest in Uranus, revealing new insights that challenge past ...

Now, a new look at the data has revealed that Voyager 2 happened to zoom by the distant planet during a rare event, which suggests that scientists’ current understanding of the planet may have ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected possible signs of gases released by volcanic activity on a ...

The team's hypothesis calls for a temporary ring around Earth, which would explain why impacts were constrained to a ...

Scientists have found that a "rare intense wind event" during NASA's Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus in 1986 may have messed with ...

A sample of material from the Bennu asteroid were brought back to Earth thanks to the OSIRIS-REx mission, and since these ...

Now, a new look at the data has revealed that Voyager 2 happened to zoom by the distant planet during a rare event, which ...