China advances plans for dual solar system boundary missions China has published coordinated papers outlining dual missions ...

In theory, a planet may be able to orbit a binary star system in a figure of eight, but it may not be particularly stable, ...

Most planetary systems contain worlds larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and the low-density planets around one ...

Billions of years in the future, our Sun will become a red giant and then die out. But when the Sun dies, where do we go?

The new solar system display at Julia Davis Park, accessible to English and Spanish languages, features colorful and ...

Stargazers will in one week have a chance to spot Saturn and the moon sharing a section of the night sky in what's known as a ...

The colorful and graphic panels guide visitors through space while offering easier access to all in the community.

What was originally thought to be a planet orbiting the Fomalhaut star was probably just the fallout of a wild collision.

Comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object ever observed, is making its final pass through our skies, offering a rare ...

Spectacular clouds swirl across the surface of Jupiter. These clouds contain water, just like Earth's, but are much denser on ...

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...

At extreme pressures and temperatures, water becomes superionic — a solid that behaves partly like a liquid and conducts ...