Astronomers have long speculated about an unseen planet lurking in the solar system's outer edge. This hypothetical world, ...

The transforming exoplanet that was observed by the WIYN 3.5-meter telescope at the U.S. National Science Foundation Kitt Peak National Observatory has a strangely elongated orbit. Credit: Images and ...

Look west this evening after sunset to catch a glimpse of bright Jupiter, slowly setting between the horns of Taurus the Bull ...

Super-Earths, larger planets similar to Earth, are far more common across the universe than scientists previously believed, ...

The orbiting telescope, which was launched in 2021 and became operational ... “We believe it probably had to be a giant planet, at least a few times the mass of Jupiter, to cause as dramatic of a ...

Astrophotographer Riste Spiroski has captured a striking view of the moon and Jupiter in the sky over Lake Ohrid, one of ...

Life is full of trade-offs, and stargazing is no different. For sure, spring nights are warmer, but you have to stay up much ...

At a frigid -125 degrees Fahrenheit (-87 degrees Celsius), WD 1856+534 b is the coldest planet ever directly observed, ...

Venus dominates as the brilliant “Morning Star” in the east-southeast before dawn; the Eta Aquariid meteor shower takes place ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has investigated an exoplanet that’s super cool — literally. The huge planet, which is six times the mass of Jupiter, is the coldest exoplanet ever detected, with an ...

Exoplanet super-Earths are more prevalent in the universe than earlier research predicated according to international ...

Jupiter and Mars shine in the evening, more planets gather in the morning, and the Eta Aquariid meteors join in.