NASA’s IMAP mission, led by Princeton University’s David McComas, will study the heliosphere — the invisible electromagnetic ...

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

Solar Eclipse September 2025, the last of the year, will be visible from select regions. Learn about the date, time, and ...

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One of the studies, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, shows that ice inside the parent asteroid melted and reacted ...

It is often remarked upon that the distribution of rings and moons around the giant planets of the Solar System – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune – are themselves like miniature solar systems.

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by scientists from around the world, ...

As interstellar object 3I/ATLAS approaches its closest point to the Sun next month, astronomers are watching as the ...

Importantly, the 6,000 figure is continuously updated as astronomers around the world confirm new planets, meaning no single planet is officially the 6,000th.