The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical properties of a potential moon-forming disk encircling a large exoplanet. The carbon ...

A strange cosmic object nicknamed “The Accident” has given scientists their first glimpse of a rare silicon-based molecule long expected in the atmospheres of Jupiter, Saturn, and other giant planets.

The comet, named 3I/ATLAS, is only the third confirmed interstellar object ever seen in our solar system. That means it came from another star system entirely. At first, some speculated it could be an ...

NASA has confirmed 6,000 exoplanets, marking a major milestone in humanity’s quest to understand other worlds. From gas giants hugging their stars to planets covered in lava or clouds of gemstones, ...

Titan's shadow will fall on Saturn in the early hours of Sept. 20, one day before the world shines at opposition in Earth's sky ...

NASA’s Juno captures swirling turbulence in Jupiter’s northern latitudes, revealing dynamic belts, zones and complex high-speed atmospheric winds.

It's hard enough to imagine the size of the universe; try wrapping your head around some of the largest known things within it that we've observed so far.

Higher-mass stars are more efficient in capturing interstellar objects in their discs,” said Susanne Pfalzner. “Therefore, interstellar object-seeded planet formation should be more efficient around ...

Pfalzner's models show that interstellar objects — bodies ejected from other star systems — could be captured by these planet-forming disks. These objects could "seed" the disks, sweeping past the ...

“This milestone represents decades of cosmic exploration driven by NASA space telescopes — exploration that has completely changed the way humanity views the night sky,” Shawn Domagal-Goldman, acting ...

Astronomers have detected a young, massive planet, WISPIT 2b, within a multi-ringed protoplanetary disk, offering an unprecedented view into planet fo ...