Astronomers have unlocked a new way to explore alien worlds by mapping the 3D structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere for the ...

Astronomers on Tuesday announced their observations of distinct winds in separate layers circulating on the planet named WASP ...

An asteroid that could level a city now has a 3.1-percent chance of striking Earth in 2032, according to NASA data released ...

Of the nearly 6,000 confirmed exoplanets in the Milky Way, Tylos has one of the most-studied atmospheres out there. It's what we call a hot Jupiter – a world comparable in size to our own gas giants, ...

NASA announced Tuesday that a city-leveling asteroid now has a 3.1% chance of impacting Earth in 2032, making it the most ...

Astronomers have mapped, for the first time, the three-dimensional structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, revealing ...

Astronomers have achieved a breakthrough in planetary science, revealing the complex weather of a distant gas giant with ...

On the 95th anniversary of its discovery, Pluto remains one of the most beloved and enigmatic worlds in our solar system, ...

More pocked with craters than any other object in our solar system, Jupiter's outermost and second-biggest Galilean moon, Callisto, appears geologically unremarkable. In the 1990s, however, NASA's ...

Last year, astronomers discovered an unusual Earth-size exoplanet they believe has a hemisphere of molten lava, with its ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...

Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury will be visible in an uncommon planetary alignment this month.