Scientists have identified three Earth-sized planets orbiting two stars in the TOI-2267 system. Remarkably, planets transit ...

Water isn't just delivered to planets by comets and asteroids — it can also be forged as worlds form, a new study finds. For ...

At a young age, we're told how the sun warms Earth and makes life possible. That idea sticks with most of us for life. But ...

There are no confirmed exomoons, moons orbiting distant exoplanets in other solar systems. There are a few candidates, but ...

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

During the 1240s, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at Oxford University, used his knowledge of light and color to show ...

Using the W.M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, astronomers have taken the closest-ever look at dusty regions where planets ...

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

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

Jupiter will reach its highest point in the sky around dawn, when, from mid-northern latitudes, it will appear about 20 ...