What can white dwarf stars eating their own planets teach astronomers about planetary and solar system formation and ...

Venus is often known as Earth’s twin because it is the closest planet to Earth in size, mass, and composition. Both are rocky ...

The wavelengths of radio light are so large that you can't capture a high-resolution image with a single dish. To capture an ...

In a secluded corner of the Lynx constellation, just 18 light-years from our planet, astronomers have found a stunning ...

It's just 18 light-years away: a super-Earth named GJ 251c with a minimum mass about 3.84 times that of our own planet. The ...

On October 18, 2025, the 4-meter Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST) facility, installed on the VISTA telescope at ...

The discovery of quasi-moon PN7 has caused a stir on social media. A University of Oregon astronomy professor explains. what ...

As 3I/ATLAS moved closer to the Sun, it raised doubts about whether it’s following a natural path or performing an Oberth Maneuver ...

What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

Space scientists look back on 30 years of exoplanet discoveries — from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with perfectly synchronized orbits. It was also the start of a whirlwind of discovery.

The rings of Saturn are among the wonders of our solar system, with a diameter of roughly 175,000 miles (280,000 kilometers) ...

Solving a lunar mystery? Scientist at the University of Arizona is the lead author on research proposing a new theory for the ...