Planets outside our solar system can be wild, weird places. Astronomers have discovered exoplanets shaped like a rugby ball, or where it rains gems, or which have one hemisphere covered in lava. And ...

Astronomers have discovered extremely powerful winds pummeling the equator of WASP-127b, a giant exoplanet. Reaching speeds ...

Research indicates an interstellar object might have altered the orbits of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune billions of years ago ...

From its formative role in the solar system to its effect on Earth’s technology, studying heliophysics is essential for ...

There are no stars in the sky for the same reason you don't see stars during the day on Earth, according to NASA: The bright ...

January planet parade. From the annular solar eclipse in the U.S. to global lunar phenomena, stargazers are in for a cosmic treat.

We are in store for an unusual celestial treat in January when six planets line up in the night sky across Texas.

The new year will bring a pair of lunar eclipses, but don’t expect any sun-disappearing acts like the one that mesmerized ...

Accessible to anyone the world over, witnessing the majesty of the solar system, including the Milky Way, and its billions of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars, after seeing its ...

Uranus and Neptune captured between 2014 and 2024 as part of the Hubble Space Telescope's Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy (OPAL) project. Through OPAL, scientists aim to understand the outer ...