These illuminated dust pockets help astronomers understand how stars interact with their surroundings, especially how dust ...

If planets had social media accounts, the solar system would showcase a frenzy of unique personalities. Mercury tweets at ...

Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and Saturn will appear in a row on the evening of 28 February, marking the ...

The rare astronomical event will see Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and Saturn appear at the same time, ...

NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope has captured grains the size of a single bacterium that'll likely transform into planets.

The planetary parade in February 2025 will see five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...

NASA's upcoming Pandora mission will complement the James Webb Space Telescope by making it easier to detect water in the atmospheres of distant exoplanets.

Astronomers have finally unlocked a crucial piece of the planet formation puzzle by detecting the magnetic fingerprint of a young star’s protoplanetary disk. Using ALMA, researchers observed how dust ...

Experts recommend looking toward the southwest horizon to see the planets. You can see six planets for most of the month with a chance for a bonus from Mercury at the end of February.

Earliest inner solar system planetesimals shaped the inventory of moderately volatile elements in terrestrial planets.

To see the whole shebang, you’ll need a pretty unobstructed view of the horizon in an area with relatively little light ...

New research reveals that Earth and Mars lost essential elements due to violent cosmic collisions, not early planetary formation processes ...