Astronomers say they spotted signs of a giant explosion releasing from a star beyond our solar system, one powerful enough to ...

Searching for life on other planets requires more than just measuring their distances from their stars. A future NASA ...

There are no confirmed exomoons, moons orbiting distant exoplanets in other solar systems. There are a few candidates, but ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system. It’s an unprecedented ...

At a young age, we're told how the sun warms Earth and makes life possible. That idea sticks with most of us for life. But ...

As telescopes have become more powerful, it’s turned out our solar system is not the only game in town: There are millions of ...

Astronomers have discovered that aging stars may be devouring their closest giant planets as they swell into red giants.

Nearly a century after Pluto’s discovery, astronomers are still hunting for mysterious planets beyond Neptune - including a ...

Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals ...

Water isn't just delivered to planets by comets and asteroids — it can also be forged as worlds form, a new study finds.

Astronomers have discovered seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around the baby sunlike star providing *** peek into the start of our own solar system. The the thing that we've discovered is ...