Studying young gas giant exoplanets' compositions and orbits could help us better understand how our own solar system's gas ...
In 2022, the Webb telescope detected unequivocal evidence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet called ...
Scientists at Lab are unraveling the mysteries of Bennu, a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid, using cutting-edge technology. The ...
The discovery is keeping astronomers on their toes about how planets are formed.
A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...
Saturn’s iconic rings will briefly vanish from view, a rare astronomical event caused by a quirk of planetary alignment. As ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in ...
A quirk of planetary positions will make Saturn's 200,000-mile-around rings disappear for one night on March 23. Plan ahead, ...
The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...
Saturn has decisively claimed the crown. With the discovery of 128 new moons, the ringed planet’s total count has soared to 274 — nearly twice as many as all other planets combined. Jupiter now trails ...
Even before the recently announced moons, Saturn had more than anyone could reasonably keep track of. Now, astronomers have ...