As November begins, two of the solar system's rocky planets form a nice pair low in the western sky during twilight. They add a sparkle to our view of the constellation Scorpius the Scorpion as it ...

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 ...

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 ...

The comet could be older than our solar system. The comet is also distinct because nickel vapor was detected in the gas ...

Researchers rarely get a glimpse of an interstellar object up close like 3I-ATLAS, so they have jumped on the opportunity to learn about its composition, which can reveal how planet systems are made.

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a ...

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

These young-star outbursts likely have tremendous power to strip away or alter the atmospheres of nearby planets. Until now, scientists could only measure the cooler parts of these stellar explosions, ...

On Wednesday morning, students at Willie Mae and Ecomet Burley Primary School had an out-of-this-world experience.

The early growth of the gas giant carved rings that formed primitive meteorites and shaped the architecture of the inner ...

The University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium will host several live talk programs and the final “Dome After Dark” ...