A new study released on Thursday describes a search for what are called "microlensing" events, where a planet acts as a ...

A recent discovery of a unique exoplanet continues to challenge our understanding of solar system dynamics as a recent study ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them ...

The planet is "crumbling to pieces," shedding the equivalent of Mount Everest’s mass every 30.5-hour orbit and will be ...

An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the ...

San Antonio-built satellites on mission to stare at the sun, opened their eyes and tested their thrusters for the first time last week.

With its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the most stunning planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from the sun and ...

As the warming temps of late spring give way to the stifling heat of summer, it’s more important than ever to keep your pets ...

Astronomers from MIT have uncovered a dramatic celestial spectacle: a Mercury-sized exoplanet that is rapidly disintegrating ...

The morning of April 24 will give rise to a striking mini-planetary parade, as Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Neptune, and Earth's ...

The internet has been abuzz with the possibility of sky watchers seeing a “smiley face” in the eastern sky above the horizon ...

Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star disintegrating as its surface is ...