Discover the immense power and influence of Jupiter's gravity on our solar system and the role it plays in shaping our ...

We're just weeks away from this interstellar visitor reaching its brightest in Earth's night skies. Will we see it?

Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit their stars in unexpected, elongated paths. Unlike their close-orbiting ...

A low-density, puffy planet orbiting relatively far from a young star in a nearly perpendicular orbit. What's going on?

Since Pluto was relegated to dwarf planet status, almost everyone has agreed that there are eight planets in our solar system ...

A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket pierced the Wednesday morning sky as it launched three spacecraft from NASA and NOAA that will study the solar system’s “bubble,” collect information on ...

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

A rare interstellar visitor has entered our Solar System, and it’s behaving in ways that have astronomers both fascinated and ...

Solar storms can have a devastating effect on earth's power and communication grids, and the trio of missions may help to ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is just the third such object ever confirmed to have entered our solar system. It has attracted ...

We all need some space sometimes—but it's harder to find than you might think. How far into our universe do we have to go to ...