Large and small planets are born from very different circumstances, according to data from NASA’s now-retired space telescope ...

Seeing the invisible, that’s what a small group of scientists at Los Alamos National Labs are trying to do with data recovered from a near-Earth asteroid and ...

Curiosity has previously discovered small organic molecules on Mars, but these recently found compounds are larger and would ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Scientists estimate there are ~1 septillion (1 followed by 24 zeros) planets in the observable universe. This figure is based ...

Does it rain diamonds on Neptune and Uranus? Scientists uncover how extreme pressure and temperature deep inside these ice giants create a continuous diamond rain.

The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...

The solar system was packed with 50 to 100 protoplanets billions of years ago. Not all of them lived to tell the tale of the ...

With METIS and MICADO, two instruments for what will be the largest optical telescope in the world, the Extremely Large ...

Planets don't get much more iconic than Saturn. But if you managed to see it through a backyard telescope right now, you wouldn't see its rings.

A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.

Scientists found a bizarre new planet named Enaiposha, unlike any in our solar system. Learn why it's a mystery and how it’s ...