Neptune is called an “ice giant” because it’s mostly made of a thick, slushy mix of water, methane, and ammonia, which ...

A team of international researchers led by Tomas Stolker in the Netherlands has imaged a young gas giant exoplanet near a 12-million-year-old star. The planet is orbiting a star whose planet formation ...

Once a realm of imagination and stargazing, the Solar System has now been revealed in stunning clarity through decades of ...

Sunspots are the most striking phenomenon of the solar magnetic field. After the invention of the telescope early in the 17th ...

"Eight minutes later, the orbiter started receiving data from the descent probe, which slammed into the top of the Jovian atmosphere at a comet-like speed of 170,000 kilometers per hour," NASA ...

The solar system’s largest planet return to the sky on Wednesday, July 9, beginning Jupiter’s slow rise to prominence.

Astronomers have confirmed the third interstellar object on record is dashing through our solar system. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it ...

The NASA-funded ATLAS telescope in Chile detected interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on July 1st, originating from Sagittarius. Pre-discovery observations extend back to June 14th, with numerous telescopes ...

The comet is the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system and is expected to make its closest ...

“On July 1, the NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, ...

NASA has discovered the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system, but the icy snowball object poses ...

This gas giant has some really unique features that make it stand out. If you’re curious about space, learning a few things ...