Our Solar System is a carefully balanced celestial dance held together by a virtually perfect balance of gravity and inertia.

Two papers showed these intriguing signals, but the team stresses that there are currently many uncertainties to confirming ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has given astronomers groundbreaking insight into a new type of planet described as unlike ...

According to the team, it's plausible that such a civilization, perhaps born long before our time, could choose to aestivate (hibernate during hotter times, rather than like bears in winter) given how ...

NASA’s James Webb Telescope uncovers GJ 1214 b, a super-Venus exoplanet with a carbon dioxide-heavy atmosphere, challenging ...

An object we thought belonged to the most common category of planet in the galaxy has turned out to be something we've never ...

For much of January and February, you have the chance to see six planets in our solar system after dark, although two — Uranus and Neptune — will be hard to see without a telescope or high-powered ...

Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, two teams of astronomers—centered at Penn State and MIT—independently announced new discoveries about an extreme form of planetary destruction: apparently ...

Emily Simpson, a passionate space enthusiast and recent Florida Tech graduate, has published groundbreaking research that imagines an alternate version of our solar system. Instead of the asteroid ...

Look up! Six planets grace the sky this month in what’s known as a "planetary parade," and most will be able to be seen with ...

With frigid temperatures and dangerously cold wind chills, you may want to wait a few more days to check them out. Don't ...

Six of our cosmic neighbors are expected to line up across the night sky tonight, in what has been dubbed a "planetary parade ...