"This is a big step in understanding the outer solar system," team leader Rosemary Pike from the Center for Astrophysics | ...

Astronomers have discovered a "fossil" world lying in the outskirts of the solar system, according to new research.

Astronomical discovery: supersonic gales of 20,500 mph batter the exoplanet WASP-127b, breaking cosmic records for ...

Illinois residents may have a chance to see the Perseid meteor shower this summer. He's where to look and when.

A baby planet is shrinking from the size of Jupiter with a thick atmosphere to a small, barren world, according to a new ...

It's possible — the phenomenon is most visible from the northern hemisphere, according to the American Meteor Society. Its ...

High above us, particles from the Sun hurtle toward Earth, colliding with the upper atmosphere and creating powerful ...

An international group of astronomers has witnessed the birth of a planetary system that may one day resemble our solar ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming around a baby sun-like star, an unprecedented ...

Summer in New Hampshire often evokes images exploring our mountains, lakes and trails. But there’s a whole lot to do in the great indoors, too. For this edition of NHPR's How To New Hampshire series, ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the ...