When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. On the mornings surrounding Wednesday, Aug. 14, the orbital motion of the red planet Mars will ...

There's good news for those of you who missed the alignment of six planets earlier this month (don't worry, you didn't miss much). Another "planetary parade" happens again soon, and this one, ...

Calgary, AB – Earth’s Moon was created by an early collision with another large planetary body. It was a “chip off the old block.” Mars captured its asteroidal moons as they passed by. But Jupiter ...

Not all of the solar system’s building blocks formed simultaneously. Some of the first solid bodies, or planetesimals, formed in the first million years after the Sun was born. Others, including the ...

Astronomy enthusiasts and even the general public can enjoy watching Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, as it ...

There are more moons than planets in our solar system. Yet convincing evidence of moons among the nearly 5,000 known extrasolar planets has been scant … until now. This image shows the PDS 70 ...

Recent research challenges the prevailing theory that hot Jupiters (gas giants orbiting close to their stars) form through a disruptive process that prevents the existence of smaller planets in the ...

Does it feel like everything is just … crashing down? Like society is unraveling before our very eyes? Well, as a quick reminder: The astrology of 2025 predicted this. The past few months of planetary ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has directly photographed evidence of a Jupiter-like protoplanet forming through what researchers describe as an “intense and violent process.” This discovery supports a ...

Juno will feel the heat of the most volcanic body in the solar system, during the closest approach any spacecraft has made in 20-plus years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Over four billion years ago, the solar system was a wild and dangerous place. Swirling clouds of dust and gas slowly turned into the planets we know today. One giant, Jupiter, grew quickly and changed ...

Be sure to set your alarm clock for at least a couple of hours before sunrise on Wednesday morning (Aug. 14), for if you have a clear view toward the east, you'll be able to see brilliant Jupiter ...