The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...

Four planets will be widely visible to the naked eye through part of February, but calling them a 'planetary alignment' may not be the full picture.

New research shows that star activity can distort exoplanet measurements, affecting size, temperature, and atmosphere ...

Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial ...

"The climate of this planet is extreme and nothing like that of Earth. The planet's dayside is so hot that elements typically ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

Most of the information we have about planets beyond our solar system (exoplanets) comes from looking at dips in starlight as these planets pass in front of their host star. This technique can ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system ... forged in the earliest days of our cosmic neighborhood.