Jupiter currently shines as a brilliant silvery "star" in the constellation Gemini the Twins, low in the east-northeast sky ...

Most planetary systems contain worlds larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and the low-density planets around one ...

Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune ...

A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar ...

The team’s analysis points to a lensing object with a mass of 0.219 Jupiter masses, a touch lighter than Saturn or around 70 ...

By Chris WoolstonThe giant planet Jupiter has nearly 100 known moons, yet none have captured the interest and imagination of astronomers and space ...

Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty ...

For the first time, astronomers have managed to weigh a planet that is not bound to any star, a lonely world drifting through ...

Using lunar ice to make rocket fuel could help future lunar settlements sustain themselves and provide a launch pad for ...

Humans glow. The universe is beige. Per capita, the Vatican City has the highest crime rate in the world. Nowadays you can't ...

New images from NASA 's Hubble Space Telescope have revealed an enormous, oddly shaped disk of gas and dust around a single ...