While our solar system is a fascinating place on its own, exoplanets are even more of a mystery. And one exoplanet in particular is something quite new.

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

On Oct. 20, 2020, a robot spacecraft took a sample of surface dust from asteroid Bennu. On Sept. 4, 2023, as it passed by the earth en route to asteroid Apophis, it dropped off a capsule carrying that ...

The four planet-strong "planet parade" currently visible to the naked eye in the night sky for a short time after sunset will ...

On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale ...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's super Neptune! But this Superman-mimicking planet is not blasting through space on its own. It is being dragged along by its parent star.

As the world passes 1.5 degrees C of warming, a Cambridge scholar argues that putting a deadline on climate action was the ...

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks as the world's telescopes ...

Although the occurrence climaxed on Jan. 21 with a conjunction—close alignment—of Saturn and Mercury, the planetary parade ...

VENUS, the so-called planet of love, is set to shine its brightest all year tomorrow – coincidentally, on Valentine’s Day. The second planet from the Sun won’t glow as bright ...

These popular astronomy questions, answered by Astronomy magazine, will help you better understand our universe - and share ...