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

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a belching protostar in its infancy. By studying the dust grains whirling around ...

"With an orbital period of 570 days, it is a relatively cold gas giant planet," said Guðmundur Stefánsson of the University ...

Mercury takes only 88 Earth days to orbit the sun.

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

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.

It is not often that all the planets in the Solar System other than ours are lined up across the night sky for us to see.

Astronomers discovered the gas giant planet — dubbed a "hot Jupiter " — in 2016, but have continued to investigate this ...

If planets had social media accounts, the solar system would showcase a frenzy of unique personalities. Mercury tweets at ...

If the solar system had a corporate structure, Jupiter would be the CEO, while Saturn ensures rules are followed. Venus ...

The planetary parade in February 2025 will see five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...