The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed 20-year-old Hubble observations that could finally explain how ancient stars can host massive planets.

In recent years, Saturn has overtaken Jupiter as the planet with the most satellites in our solar system. How many moons does ...

Science fiction authors like Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein have inspired figures such as Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, who, ...

"We must rethink how we create computer models for planet formation and early evolution in the young universe." ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 2566, which sits 76 million light-years away in the ...

New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and centaurs. The findings reveal the distribution of ices in ...

The sun was once personified as a god, a symbol of a perfect cosmos. The occasional detection of dark blemishes was ...

John Steele Gordon on “Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party” by Edward Dolnick.

Galaxy clusters—the big cities of the universe—are home to many giant elliptical galaxies that have completed their growth ...

A new radio telescope on the top of Germany's Zugspitze mountain will help unravel the secrets of the universe. The project ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just solved a conundrum by proving a controversial finding made with the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope more than 20 years ago. In 2003, Hubble provided evidence of ...