Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.

Parella’s Pals for March 21, 2025 features an epic solar system by Darby Smith who attends Blythe Academy of Languages.

NASA’s James Webb Telescope captured direct images of gas giants in HR 8799, revealing their carbon dioxide-rich atmospheres.

As civilizations become more and more advanced, their power needs also increase. It's likely that an advanced civilization ...

Astronomers discover a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune 250 light years away from our solar system. These planets offer a ...

These rather small planets are a stone's throw from Earth in galactic terms, but were too small for previous instruments to ...

Giant Exoplanets in HR 8799 System Likely Formed Like Jupiter and Saturn The first exoplanet was discovered in the 1990s, but ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

These are young giant planets, so the carbon dioxide is definitely not coming from burping cows or a civilization burning ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was recently used to capture direct images of four Saturn-like exoplanets in a solar system 130 light-years away.

New James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images show the first carbon dioxide-containing planet discovered outside of Earth’s ...