Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system. These embryos, somewhere between small planetesimals and fully formed planets ...

Four planets will be widely visible to the naked eye through part of February, but calling them a 'planetary alignment' may not be the full picture.

Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA), and its Submillimeter Array (SMA), were critical for identifying a cache of belts surrounding other stars beyond the sun where comets may reside. Regions around 74 stars ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

People will be able to see a rare sight at the end of this month when all seven other planets in our solar system line up in the night sky. For the last few weeks six of the planets have been ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

About 3.8 billion years ago, two massive canyons likely formed on the moon in a span of less than 10 minutes, according to ...

A planet parade is when several of our solar system's planets are visible in the night sky at the same time. There will be six planets visible this time around, including Venus, Mars, Jupiter ...

The planetary parade in February 2025 will see five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and ...

Scientists have long thought that the South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by a shallow-angle impact, but new research suggests ...