"The James Webb Space Telescope has been truly revolutionary- it is now hard to imagine what life was like without it!" ...

The record-breaking winds are circling the nearby "puffy" exoplanet WASP-127b, and are traveling six times faster than the ...

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

Although it's being mistakenly promoted as a "rare planetary alignment," one of the best "planet parades" in half a century is now taking place. Here's how to see it.

Earlier this month, the Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of an unusual asteroid close to Earth. Turns out, it was ...

An object we thought belonged to the most common category of planet in the galaxy has turned out to be something we've never seen before. The exoplanet Enaiposha, or GJ 1214 b, is a hazy world ...

Since it’s Christmas Day launch in 2021, the James Webb Space telescope has provided those of us back on Earth with some of the most incredible, awe-inspiring photographs of space, as well as aiding ...

Humanity is reaching the threshold of adulthood. It is time to grow up and go out — beyond the cradle and into the cosmos.

For much of January and February, you have the chance to see six planets in our solar system after dark, although two — Uranus and Neptune — will be hard to see without a telescope or high-powered ...

Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, two teams of astronomers—centered at Penn State and MIT—independently announced new discoveries about an extreme form of planetary destruction: apparently ...

From a cosmic blunder to a shining star, Stephanie Buttigieg turned a live TV slip-up into a masterclass on planets and ...