After leaving Earth, Tianwen-2 will reach Kamo‘oalewa by July 2026. This tiny, elongated asteroid likely spans no more than ...

A new study may finally explain how planets can end up orbiting their stars at extremely large distances—sometimes hundreds ...

A powerful new optics system has captured the clearest view yet of the Sun’s corona, revealing stunning plasma structures.

In the cold, dark outskirts of planetary systems far beyond the reach of the known planets, mysterious gas giants and ...

As the rocky planets begin to settle into their orbits, Proto-Earth and Thea uncover the Sun’s true purpose for the Solar System: life. But while the planets argue, explore, and evolve, a hidden plan ...

“The turbulence in the air severely degrades images of objects in space, like our Sun, seen through our telescopes. But we can correct for that,” Dirk Schmidt, Adaptive Optics Scientist at the ...

Astronomers find evidence of a possible ninth planet beyond Neptune, reigniting the debate about the formation of the Solar ...

Of the roughly 6,000 exoplanets we’ve discovered, a significant number are in the apparent habitable zones of their stars.

The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, which catalogs new moons and other small bodies in the solar ...

The Hubble Space Telescope time-lapse captured footage of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Credit: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, ...

Jupiter may have once been more than twice its current size, with a magnetic field 50 times stronger, say scientists who ...

It might be surprising to hear planetary scientist Nina Lanza use the word “disappointing” in the same sentence as “Mars.” After all, the Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher has dedicated her ...