New high-contrast images from SPHERE show a stunning variety of debris disks shaped by collisions of tiny planet-building ...

Like a toddler right before naptime, TRAPPIST-1 is a small yet moody star. This little star, which sits in the constellation ...

Space has a knack for bending our sense of scale. The Moon feels close enough to touch—after all, we see its craters with ...

Still, science being science, we needed proof—and we got it in 1992, when two astronomers found two planets orbiting a pulsar ...

If it feels like the last month of the year has kicked off on an especially dramatic note, you’re simply feeling the vibes of ...

The Solar System is more than just planets; it is home to a dazzling variety of moons, each with its own unique charm. Some are icy and serene, others are stormy or volcanic. Among the many satellites ...

Space questions everything about what we know about existence and consists of gigantic stars, icy comets and distant worlds ...

Science Facts: The solar system is a collection of celestial bodies held together by the sun's gravitational pull. Our solar system is located in the Milky Way galaxy. The solar system consists of ...

The flare might just inspire a display of Northern Lights even in Illinois, Oregon, Alabama, and Northern California.

Mercury, long recognised as the innermost planet, exhibits a remarkable comet-like tail stretching millions of kilometers.

Almost all planets in our solar system have moons – why not exoplanets? Astronomers believe they have discovered the first ...

Scientists studying samples from the Bennu asteroid located not too far from Earth continue to find clues as to how life ...