When you look at the solar system, you might notice that the planets' orbits are tilted, and oddities in the protoplanetary ...

From lava worlds to gas giants, NASA says the variety of these worlds is staggering—and that signs of a further 8,000 distant ...

For all the talk about life across the cosmos, Earth remains the only confirmed example. That single data point makes your ...

Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit their stars in unexpected, elongated paths. Unlike their close-orbiting ...

The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.

Just a few weeks ago, we crossed the significant milestone of 6,000 known exoplanets. The counter keeps getting higher, and there are 8,000 more candidates waiting for confirmation. In the decades ...

The Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory is thrilled to be your guide to the skies. In this column, I’ll be clarifying some of ...

Astronomers are watching a new comet pass through our solar system with great interest. Based on its glow, the 33-billion-ton ...

ESO's Very Large Telescope has observed a rogue planet and revealed that it is eating up gas and dust from its surroundings ...

Astronomers have made an unexpected and groundbreaking discovery in our solar system—a ring system forming around Chiron, a ...

After decades of exploring, NASA's Voyager 1 hit the edge of the solar system and passed through a great "wall of fire," ...

Every one of us is unique and important, but at the same time, we’re a microscopic part of something that’s beyond ...