Last year, astronomers announced that a planet orbits Barnard’s star. Now, researchers have confirmed the existence of three more.

The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...

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

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

Saturn surpasses Jupiter with 128 newly discovered moons, becoming the planet with the most moons in our solar system.

The latest Northern Lights forecast means the aurora borealis may be seen in the continental U.S. this weekend.

Feb. 27, 2025 — Perovskite solar cells could last ten times longer thanks to new research, which suggests alumina nanoparticles significantly enhance the lifespan and stability of these high ...

As it orbits its star, it moves close enough at one point to experience extreme heat, similar to Venus’s temperature. But at its farthest point, the planet is nearly twice the distance from Earth to ...

Artist's rendering of a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a star called HD 20794.Illustration credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC) The ...

The second-longest solar eclipse of the 21st century will ... The Moon travels around Earth in an elliptical oval-shaped orbit. This means that there are points where the Moon is closest to ...