Gird your loins: Neptune in Aries will reshape what we believe and how we behave.

ARKS survey by ALMA provides insights into the early chaotic phases of planet formation, bridging gaps in our understanding ...

The growing pains of young planets as they enter their teenage phase have been captured in unprecedented detail by an ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, captured a detailed snapshot of planetary systems in an era long shrouded in mystery.

Astronomers are getting used to a strange new kind of cosmic mystery: worlds that seem to appear in their data, linger for years, then simply vanish. In one closely watched case, a suspected planet ...

Specks of dust from Saturn’s rings appear to float much farther above and below the planet than scientists thought possible, suggesting the rings are more like a giant dusty doughnut. The main ...

Earth has the perfect combination of a livable atmosphere and a protective magnetic field that prevents the Sun's harmful radiation and radioactive solar winds from damaging us, allowing us to live on ...

"The universe is a pretty big place. So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space," goes a line from the 1997 film "Contact." In the movie, Jodie Foster plays Dr. Ellie Arroway, a radio ...

As telescopes have become more powerful, it’s turned out our solar system is not the only game in town: There are millions of other planets out there in the galaxy. But we’re still teasing out clues ...

We actually know very little about what's going on inside Uranus and Neptune, causing researchers to propose that these planets be called "rocky giants" instead. When you purchase through links on our ...

Welcome to the enchanting realm of Neptune. In its orbit, artists express their most profound ideas, musicians strum their guitars, and spiritualists connect with the ethers, where the boundaries ...