A powerful new observatory is the best hope yet for finding the elusive Planet 9, a large planet that some scientists say is ...

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"Every new result can reshape our understanding of planets, their habitability, and our place in this universe." ...

Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun, captivates scientists with its massive size, stunning rings, and diverse moons.

Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away ...

“The solar wind squished Jupiter’s magnetic shield like a giant squash ball. This created a super-hot region that spans half ...

Apr. 3, 2025 — A solar wind event from 2017 that hit Jupiter and compressed its magnetosphere created a hot region spanning half Jupiter's ... Solar Cells Made of Moon Dust Could Power Future ...

A trip to planets outside our solar system could tell scientists a lot — even if no extraterrestrial life is found ...

The new data of Uranus' interior rotation rate has a level of accuracy 1,000 times greater than previous estimates.

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If the Moon were to suddenly vanish from the solar system, our home planet would suffer devastating consequences ...

Though wildly different in so many ways, Earth and Saturn's moon Titan have something important in common. Among all the ...