While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

Astronomers have found two planets around two separate stars that are succumbing to their stars' intense heat.

Helium can help scientists detect the speed and direction at which we’re moving through space. Deuterium, which is left over ...

An instrument created by a team at the University of New Hampshire was recently installed onto a spacecraft that is preparing ...

Helium can help scientists detect the speed and direction at which we’re moving through space. Deuterium, which is left over ...

From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ...

Uranus has the craziest tilt in your Solar System. Its tilt is about ninety-eight degrees. That means its north pole is ...

A new study is the latest to suggest that reductions in atmospheric sulphur may be driving global warming at a rate faster than previously anticipated.

The James Webb Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy in just three years. A new project celebrates its impact on the study of exoplanets, worlds beyond the solar system.

Jovine, the cofounder and chief scientist of Brilliant Planet, is trying to engineer high-growth microalgae strains to ...

Solar geoengineering, if weaponised, has the potential to deepen global inequality and escalate conflicts worldwide.