Forget what you learned in school. The solar system isn't just a flat disc of planets it's a 3D bubble moving through space.

Our solar system is on the move, traveling at 828,000 km/h through a galactic structure most people don't know exists. This video reveals our place inside the "Local Bubble," a 300-light-year-wide ...

Astronomers have created a groundbreaking discovery of images showing debris disks in an extensive range of exoplanetary ...

Stars form in massive clouds of gas called molecular clouds. As they form, they accrete gas from these clouds, and as the ...

Normally," rings around a planet are created from the remnants of meteors, moons or left over planet pieces. But this is not ...

"We reported hints of methane, but the question is, 'is the methane attributable to molecules in the atmosphere of the planet ...

The mystery of whether TRAPPIST-1e has an atmosphere capable of hosting life continues. Discover more about it.

Researchers studied the data closely and suggested a few possible ideas about the planet’s atmosphere and surface.

Located about 39 light-years from Earth, the TRAPPIST system resembles a miniature version of our solar system: The star, an ...

Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention ...

More research is needed before scientists can determine whether the recently observed methane signatures point to the presence of an atmosphere or are simply the result of contamination from the host ...

The twin telescopes of the Gemini Observatory mark 25 years of discovery as students name distant nebula Ua ʻŌhiʻa Lan. The ...