"These relics are effectively fossils of the planet formation process, holding vital clues to deciphering the history of our solar system." ...

While airlines do all they can to make flying safe, there is one threat to aviation that even they can't do much about: space ...

Donaldjohanson, a main belt asteroid, could be a relic of a cosmic collision that took place 150 million years ago.

NASA’s James Webb Telescope captured direct images of gas giants in HR 8799, revealing their carbon dioxide-rich atmospheres.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has achieved groundbreaking discoveries in the field of exoplanet studies.

Experts analyzed satellite imagery of planetary surface cracks and compared them with Earth's geologic features, searching ...

Using the now-retired Kepler space telescope, astronomers have discovered that larger planets grow up in more turbulent homes ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has achieved a groundbreaking feat by directly observing carbon dioxide (CO2) in the ...

The HR 8799 system, 130 light years from Earth, is only 30 million years old -- just a baby compared to our solar system's 4.6 billion years.

Turns out, there’s a lot more floating around the planet Saturn than those famous rings. Space scientists announced last week they’ve discovered Saturn has 128 more moons, for a total of 274, far more ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new study.

Studying young gas giant exoplanets' compositions and orbits could help us better understand how our own solar system's gas ...