Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers captured a stunning image of the largest protoplanetary disk ever observed, ...

Ever wondered how planetary systems like our own solar system form? Thanks to the European Space Agency's Gaia space ...

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, known for its massive size, strong gravity, powerful storms and many moons ...

One of the primary goals of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to detect atmospheres around exoplanets, to try to suss ...

Far from the Sun, Uranus sits tipped on its side, carrying a magnetic system unlike any other planet’s. Its equator tilts ...

Fomalhaut lies about 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis Austrinus, aka the Southern Fish, and is one of the ...

One of Britain’s most prominent space scientists believes humanity may finally get an answer to one of its oldest questions ...

For decades, Uranus and Neptune have carried the tidy label of “ice giants,” shorthand for worlds built mostly from frozen ...

Far from the Sun, Uranus has long looked like a quiet, teal marble in the dark. Yet a reexamination of decades old spacecraft readings now points to a violent episode in its past, when a blast of ...

Two rare cosmic collisions around the young star Fomalhaut were caught by space telescopes, offering new clues about how planets form.

The James Webb Space Telescope has been helping scientists explore the cosmos for years now, but there are still plenty of ...

Astronomers have repeatedly observed events near a distant star that mirror processes from the early solar system’s ...