A strange flash on Saturn earlier this summer caught the attention of astronomers and sparked speculation about a possible planetary impact. The sighting was first reported by amateur astronomer Mario ...

Two marquee celestial moments will headline late September, giving stargazers a bright planet to admire and a seasonal reset ...

The core of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, has long been a source of mystery for astronomers: an object so unfathomably dense and hot that it defies comprehension. Conventional ...

Astronomers studying an oddball brown dwarf called “The Accident” have finally spotted silane, a long-predicted silicon ...

The NASA spacecraft tasked with uncovering the secrets of Jupiter, king of the planets, is running out of time. The Juno probe has already survived far longer than anticipated—its path around the ...