New experiments show young rocky planets can generate water naturally when molten surfaces react with hydrogen in their early atmospheres.

While Whiskers may not be able to communicate his needs purrfectly, today’s planets certainly can. With only your sun sign, ...

About 50 light-years from Earth, a gas giant about half the mass of Jupiter orbits a sunlike star. The discovery of Pegasi 51 b ushered in a new era of exoplanet research.

Comprehensive guide to November 2025 night sky events, including visible planets Saturn, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury, the year’s brightest supermoon and peak meteor showers.

New research from Rice University shows that Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, played a major role in shaping ...

The gas giant WASP-18b belongs to a class known as ultra-hot Jupiters — giant, searing, gaseous planets that orbit perilously close to their stars. Researchers used a new technique called ...

Soaring to the depths of our universe, gallant spacecraft roam the cosmos, snapping images of celestial wonders. Some spacecraft have instruments capable of capturing radio emissions. When scientists ...

What: Astronomers using JWST and ALMA have captured the earliest known stage of planet formation around the protostar HOPS-315 in the Orion Molecular Cloud. Guest: Dr ...

In the beginning, when planets were newborn, they glowed like furnaces, vast oceans of molten rock wrapped in heavy blankets ...

Telescope observations reveal material accreting onto the planet Cha1107-7626 in a way that resembles the infancy of stars ...

Scientists found two Earth-sized planets and a third candidate orbiting a nearby double star system, TOI-2267.

Washington, DC— Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between ...