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 ...

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

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 ...

In a zesty new discovery, scientists have unearthed a strange lemon-shaped exoplanet. It is unlike one we have seen before, ...

So far, humanity has yet to find its first "exomoon"—a moon orbiting a planet outside of the solar system. But that hasn't ...

The first full moon of 2026, known as the Wolf Moon, appeared on Saturday (Jan. 3), and skywatchers captured it in some ...

Scientists measure a Saturn-sized rogue planet drifting through the Milky Way using rare Earth and space observations, revealing how planets can be ejected from their original systems.

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

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

Nuclear fusion. People on Mars. Artificial general intelligence. These are just some of the advances that could come by the ...