Our planet's interior is much too deep and hot to explore with probes, so scientists rely on seismic waves to understand and model its structure. Seismic waves are shock waves tha ...

Astronomers have found two planets around two separate stars that are succumbing to their stars’ intense heat. Both are disintegrating before our telescopic eyes, leaving trails of debris similar to a ...

Certain extreme planets are called ultra-short period objects if they're very close to their stars and orbit them in mere hours, like K2-22b.

Mercury joins the night sky to complete a 7-planet alignment just after sunset for the end of February. Saturn leaves our ...

Mars spacecraft teamed up with an AI model to find a new impact crater on on the Martian surface, changing our understanding of the interior.

Planets will gather and form a dazzling arc in the night sky that will be visible across the United States, including Louisiana, in January and February 2025. Known as the "Parade of Planets," the ...