"We study cometary bodies because they act as time capsules, sealing in material from their formation billions of years ago." ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and ...

Warm Jupiters are rewriting the rules of planet formation - showing eccentric orbits that stay strangely aligned with their ...

Scientists at the University of Reading are playing a vital role in helping Nasa photograph Jupiter. The academics have been using the Keck telescope to photograph the planet remotely. In the past ...

Stunning new images of Jupiter show its vast swirling clouds in jaw-dropping detail. NASA’s Juno spacecraft completed its 72nd close flyby of the planet on May 7, coming within thousands of kilometres ...

Auroras are created when high-energy particles enter a planet’s atmosphere near its magnetic poles and collide with atoms or molecules of gas. On Earth, these are known as the northern lights (aurora ...

Have you ever catch yourself smiling when you see a baby photo? Maybe it's a newborn snoozing peacefully or a little face ...