A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...

Potentially dangerous comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, ...

The origins of life in the universe have been a topic of scientific inquiry for centuries. Despite significant progress in ...

The chances of intelligent life emerging in our universe—and in any hypothetical ones beyond it—can be estimated by a new ...

Recent data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggests that a planet orbiting a small, red star 35 light years away ...

A novel theoretical model based on universal expansion and star formation suggests that our universe might not have the ...

We know from The Lord of the Rings that Tolkien crafted endless stars in his legendarium, but are there other planets too?

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

SPHEREx will explore the universe in 102 infrared colors, providing unprecedented insights into cosmic origins.

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Of all the astronomical objects visible in a telescope, none has captured human imagination more than the planet Saturn.

These are big, literally cosmic questions, and astronomers continue to struggle to nail down the answers. Different ...