The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...

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.

Learn about the 128 newly discovered moons of Saturn, believed to be the remnants of collisions that occurred early in the ...

The conical capsule landed with the assistance of a parachute and was quickly recovered. The spacecraft carried a ...

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

In 2022, the Webb telescope detected unequivocal evidence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet called ...

The discovery is keeping astronomers on their toes about how planets are formed.

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has directly imaged four planets orbiting the host star HR 8799 about 130 light-years ...

Normally, the Webb telescope only detects exoplanets by glimpsing them when they cross in front of their host star. This ...

The wind on Saturn's largest moon is strong enough to blow around rocks of up to half a metre in diameter, which could put ...