The Solar System is a weird place filled with incredible physics and geological oddities that often break down in human terms ...

When Anastasios Tzanidakis was sifting through some older telescope observations, he stumbled across something that should ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered an example of a new class of exoplanet, and it smells like ...

It ain't from around these parts of space.

Mercury, Venus, and Mars sit within the same general neighborhood as Earth, yet each has followed a radically different path.

Astronomers produced the most complete map of the center of the Milky Way, which can provide insight into how stars and ...

A visitor from another star system is creating excitement in the astronomy community. The comet 3I/ATLAS which was first spotted in July 2025 contains chemical clues that scientists can use to ...

What happens when a solar superstorm hits Mars? Thanks to the European Space Agency’s Mars orbiters, we now know: glitching spacecraft and a supercharged upper atmosphere. In May 2024, Earth was hit ...

Astronomers have found an exoplanet that could serve as a benchmark in future studies. It's a rocky planet orbiting an M-type star, and though these planets are plentiful, this one could serve as a ...

Scientists analysing dust from an asteroid have found all the key building blocks needed to create us and all other life on ...

How to see the February 2026 parade of planets. Which planets will be visible on Feb. 28? Which will be easiest to see? Which will be hardest? What to know.

Scientists identify exoplanet candidate HD 137010 b, a possible Earth-size world orbiting a Sun-like star 146 light-years away ...