An exoplanet about 800 light-years away is spilling its guts into space, and new observations with the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, have let astronomers read the entrails, astronomers report ...

A rare ‘parade’ of planets seen only once every few years will light up the night sky this week in a must-see celestial ...

The year 2025 will be amazing for astronomy enthusiasts, with several planetary alignments predicted. The most significant ...

The six planets will be visible in the days immediately leading up to Jan. 21, and for about four weeks afterward. Mars, ...

A six-planet alignment or parade will form an arc in the early night sky, peaking in it's visibility Jan. 17-18. We let you ...

"There are still many things related to planetary formation and the early evolution of young planetary systems that we don't ...

Space agencies around the world are setting their sights on new frontiers, with plans to explore Venus and other distant ...

Carbon-rich cosmic dust comes from different sources and spreads out into space, where it's necessary for life and for the ...

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the ...

According to the most widely held astronomical model (the nebular hypothesis), new stars are born from massive clouds of dust ...

The larger moons of Pluto and Earth likely formed through a collisional process with Charon and our moon, respectively, ...

Astronomers have long tried to track down how elements like carbon, which is essential for life, become widely distributed ...