Far beyond the eight familiar planets in our solar system, countless bizarre and extreme worlds await discovery — and some have...
Every planet in our solar system is essentially round. But out in the universe, are there any planets that aren't spherical?Technically,...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted six rogue planets drifting freely through space, untethered from the gravity of any...
The past decade has seen a rapid expansion of the commercial space industry. Rival nations are competing for prime military and economic...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Why...
When the sun dies What does death mean for the sun? It means our sun will run out of fuel in its interior. It’ll cease the internal...
Although we can't feel Earth spinning, the daily sunrise and sunset are reminders that our planet is in constant motion. But do we...
A rare and stunning photo recently captured a "parade of planets," in which six planets in our solar system appeared together in the...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Why...
Located 163 light-years from Earth, a Jupiter-sized exoplanet named WASP-69b offers astrophysicists a window into the dynamic processes...
To find life on far-off planets, astronomers may need to look for pinpoints of purple.New research unravels the light signals that...
The mystery behind hundreds of strange, free-floating planets detected by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may be a step closer...
An observer in or near the path of totality for the April 8 solar eclipse may be witness to many unusual phenomena, including the appearance...
As the solar system's planets rove around the sun, sometimes a few will appear to line up in the sky. But have all eight planets ever...
A pair of dwarf planets lurking in the outer reaches of the solar system could still be geologically active, increasing the chances...
Exoplanets have long occupied the thoughts scientists and dreamers. Ever since humanity first discovered that the stars in the night...
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