We’ve learned that Mars is the only planet in our solar system that could be habitable, thanks to its temperature and the ...

A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system. Interstellar material has been found within our solar system, but ...

In May 2020, astronomers for the first time observed a planet getting swallowed by its host star. Based on the data at the ...

Scientists observed and captured the first clear evidence of auroras on Neptune using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), ...

"What surprised us, at the end, was how effective this type of impact could be in explaining Mercury's unusual structure ...

The remaining episodes explore Dark Worlds in the least explored regions of space, Storm Worlds where planets are ravaged by extreme weather, frozen Ice Worlds and Strange Worlds - which looks at some ...

New observations have revealed that we were wrong about the length of a day on Uranus. According to the most precise ...

A powerful new observatory is the best hope yet for finding the elusive Planet 9, a large planet that some scientists say is ...

A new trail in this southern Arizona city plots the most visitor-friendly astronomy stops—and there are plenty to choose from ...

Pluto isn’t the only dwarf planet in our solar system's outer reaches. Now is an ideal time to look for the egg-shaped Haumea ...

One of the great things about astronomy is that it's full of surprises, especially when it comes to comets — you just can't predict when a new one might pop up. But when one does appear, it gets both ...

A trip to planets outside our solar system could tell scientists a lot — even if no extraterrestrial life is found ...