With this new survey, astronomers have gained a peek inside a stage of exoplanet system formation they have yet to fully ...

The planets in our solar system grew out of a disk of material that swirled around our Sun. Inner rocky planets formed as tiny grains stuck together ...

Gas giants are large planets mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen. Although these planets have dense cores, they don't ...

The Allende meteorite, which fell in 1969, has provided groundbreaking insights into the formation of the solar system and ...

The new plot twist is that in order to keep enough nitrogen and phosphorus near its surface, a planet has to start out with ...

The discovery provides new insights into the question, 'how large can a planet be?' An illustration of the HR 8799 system with three of its gas ...

Unlike a total solar eclipse, where the Sun is fully blocked, an annular eclipse leaves a thin circle of sunlight shining throughout the event.

If you too want to experience modern-day astronomy at its finest, here are the celestial events to travel for in 2026.

Jupiter can be easily spotted in the constellation Gemini, located just below and to the right of Castor and Pollux, the two brightest stars in the constellation. Castor appears white and Pollux has ...

Early rises — and late night skywatchers — will get the chance to spot a wealth of spectacular sights on the lunar surface.