New research using the James Webb Space Telescope offers the most detailed portrait yet of how auroras form on Uranus.

The planet parade is back once again, and this time six planets will align in the sky. Here's when and what planets will be a ...

Antarctica plays a crucial role in Earth's climate system by reflecting solar radiation back into space. The large white ice ...

A closer look at the planets around a star called LHS 1903 may just flip our understanding of how planetary systems form.

An international team of astronomers has discovered a distant planetary system that challenges long-standing theories of how ...

During the "planetary parade," six planets will appear to align in the evening sky, according to NASA.

Six planets will line up in a rare "planetary parade" this month - but spotting them all won't be easy.

A telescope in Chile has revealed the swirling splendor of star-forming gases at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy.

Artist impression of the planetary system with four planets,around a small red star,called LHS1903. Caption: Astronomers have long thought solar systems follow a simple pattern similar to our own: ...

Astronomers have long believed that planetary systems follow a familiar blueprint. Small rocky planets ...

Astronomers studying a dim red dwarf star called LHS 1903 have found a four-planet system with an architecture that defies the standard rules of how rocky worlds take shape. The outermost planet in ...

Astronomers have found a rocky planet where it should not exist, orbiting far from a cool red star. Could this strange ...