The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared camera (NIRCam) captured stunning imagery of Neptune. It is the "clearest view of this peculiar planet’s rings in more than 30 years,” according to ...

The universe is a slow-changing place. While it's mostly true that the heavens and the deep-sky objects in it will look ...

Pluto's unusual eccentricity and tilt is likely due to its interactions with neighboring Neptune and other giant planets, ...

So do China and Russia. Here’s what you need to know about America’s new lunar-energy race ...

Normally when a medium-size star dies, it blasts away the bulk of material in its system. The Hubble discovery was surprising ...

The fall equinox is a significant event in any tipped planet's life. Seasons are caused by a planet's tilted axis. Those which orbit the sun standing nearly straight up and down with little to no ...

Since astronomers found the first planets outside our solar system in 1992 and the first planet around a sunlike star in 1995 ...

While the planet has been visible all month long, Saturn will be brighter and more visible this weekend as it gets closer to ...

Scientists have found thousands of planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets, throughout the galaxy. This artist’s ...

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, Gemini North telescope and NASA Infrared Telescope Facility observations of Neptune and Uranus may have revealed why they differ in color. Credit: Directed by: Bethany ...

The equinox marks the arrival of fall in the Northern Hemisphere on Sept. 22. Are you ready for fall? The official arrival of fall is the autumnal equinox, which occurs in the Northern Hemisphere on ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered whether Earth-like planets are rare gems or commonplace across the stars. Recent ...