Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals ...

New evidence shows that, far beyond Pluto, there may exist a hypothetical planet referred to as Planet X or Planet Nine.

In 1949, famed mathematician and physicist John von Neumann delivered a series of addresses at the University of Illinois, ...

Explore how many Earths could fit inside each planet in our solar system. Donald Trump's $2,000 checks could be paid to 150 ...

For many, space travel is unrealistic – spaceships are expensive, and interplanetary exploration doesn’t fit in with a 9-to-5 ...

As telescopes have become more powerful, it’s turned out our solar system is not the only game in town: There are millions of ...

The first map of magnetic fields in a planetary formation disk has been created, revealing how invisible forces shape the ...

Astronomers have discovered that aging stars may be devouring their closest giant planets as they swell into red giants.

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered that aging stars in their so-called ...

“If you build a map at a wavelength that water absorbs, you’ll see the water deck in the atmosphere, whereas a wavelength that water does not absorb will probe deeper. If you put those together, you ...

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...