The milestone highlights the accelerating rate of discoveries, just over three decades since the first exoplanets were found.

The Kuiper Belt is loosely defined as a doughnut-shaped swath of space beginning just beyond the orbit of Neptune and ...

When I say jump, you say how high. Let’s put this to the ultimate test by hopping around the Solar System. Literally.

A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides an explanation for ...

There are quite a few other places we might find life in the solar system, including dwarf planets like Ceres. Ceres is ...

The coldest planet in the Solar System is Uranus, which is surprisingly colder than Neptune due to its unique internal heat ...

A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides an explanation for ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), including scientists from the National Center of Competence in ...

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

Earth will move between Saturn and the sun this weekend, offering prime views of Saturn in what's known as "opposition." Here's what to know.

While Mars today only has a wispy remnant of an atmosphere, it may once have had one hundreds of times thicker with a ...

Xinting Yu, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Texas at San Antonio, is one of two recipients of the 2025 Harold C. Urey Prize. The national award from ...