Scientists have discovered a rare six-planet system, HD 110067, where all planets orbit their star in perfect mathematical ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers have detected a new exoplanet ...

Our solar system and galaxy were the first objects of study for what was going on in the universe. Among the various ...

Since the Moon is approaching its full phase, its nightly journey promises excellent naked-eye stargazing, inviting ...

Tests on olivine hint that water-rich exoplanets could generate H2O internally, possibly explaining ocean worlds and even some of Earth’s early water.

Scientists have seen one of the mysterious “dark spots” on Neptune from Earth for the first ever time. Researchers spotted the feature using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, ...

At 4 PM EDT, the Moon passed 4° north of Saturn, followed by a passage 3° north of Neptune at 6 PM EDT. Saturn (magnitude 0.6), visible to the naked eye, and Neptune (magnitude 7.7), requiring optical ...

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

As more and more exoplanets are discovered throughout the galaxy, scientists find some that defy explanation—at least for ...

Heads up stargazers! The moon will rise close to Saturn and the ice giant Neptune in the eastern sky on the night of July 15, close enough to be seen together in a pair of binoculars! Saturn will rise ...