The Solar System is very tidy. You have four rocky planets near the Sun, and four gas giant planets further away. An asteroid ...

University of Central Florida (UCF) scientists and their collaborators discovered new insights into the formation of distant ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new ... Webb Telescope Captures Its ...

In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast ...

An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the discovery of a planet about twice the size of Earth orbiting its star ...

"It's amazing that after 35 years, Hubble still holds a unique capability as a top workhorse for science discoveries and ...

On April 24, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, carrying the new Hubble Space Telescope ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists say they found indications of potential life on K2-18b, a planet outside our ...

Learn about the solar system from a pair of real space museum curators in sci-fi game Elite Dangerous, as Abbie MacKinnon and ...

Studies of the solar system are advancing by leaps and bounds, especially to try to avoid, or at least know about, episodes ...