While the reasons for the staggering weather are not fully understood, the researchers interpret these winds to be six times ...

Researchers have created an improved traffic light system for predicting geomagnetic storms. They are now testing how well ...

Saturn’s rings, imaged here by NASA’s Cassini orbiter, are one of the solar system’s most reliably spectacular sights. But ...

While Charon is currently listed as a satellite or moon by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), consideration is being given to it perhaps being classified as a dwarf planet in its own right, ...

Astronomers discovered supersonic winds on a giant gas planet located over 500 light-years from Earth. In a study released Tuesday in Astronomy & Astrophysics astronomers who have been studying ...

While the planets are technically always "aligned" along the same plane in our sky, seeing so many at once is a special ...

Astronomers measure a star’s brightness using the apparent magnitude system, where lower values indicate brighter stars.

Astrophysicists have achieved a major breakthrough by capturing images of exocomet belts around 74 nearby stars. Using the ...

An incredibly rare sight can be seen in the Australian skies until Thursday - and won't reappear for another 800,000 years.

A close encounter with a mysterious interstellar object could explain the current orbits of several of Earth’s largest ...

Planetesimal belts, remnants of the planet formation process, hold a wealth of clues about planetary systems beyond our own.