The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

A huge haul of 128 newfound satellites might be a hint of past collisions in the planet’s orbit, or something else.

Indian cricketers personify planets with their unique roles. Ravindra Jadeja channels Mars' aggression, Hardik Pandya ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has achieved groundbreaking discoveries in the field of exoplanet studies.

Uranus radiates more energy than it gets from the sun, two new studies find — just as Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune do.

Barnard's Star is a small, dim star of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the ...

Studying young gas giant exoplanets' compositions and orbits could help us better understand how our own solar system's gas ...

The James Webb Space Telescope detected carbon dioxide directly on exoplanets for the first time. This allows the formation of planets to be reconstructed.

The vernal equinox occurs as Mercury stands still in Pisces and several of Jupiter’s moons transit in the sky this week.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has directly imaged four planets orbiting the host star HR 8799 about 130 light-years ...