With this new survey, astronomers have gained a peek inside a stage of exoplanet system formation they have yet to fully ...

Gas giants are large planets mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen. Although these planets have dense cores, they don't ...

For life to develop on a planet, certain chemical elements are needed in sufficient quantities. Phosphorus and nitrogen are ...

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany and the Centro de Astrobiología, part of ...

The similarities are astonishing. And yet... The post NASA Telescope Discovers Nearby Planet With Deep Similarities to Earth ...

From dazzling Jupiter high in the evening sky to elusive Mercury low at sunset, February 2026 offers one of the year's best ...

It was almost 100 years ago that Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered Pluto. That was the last planet found until 1992, when humans found another one. But this new planet wasn't in our solar system—it was ...

Is it a two-for-sun deal. Astronomers were blown away after discovering a bizarre exoplanet that orbits twin stars closer than any ever seen before in a binary star system, per a starry study ...

Explore the visibility of Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn in February 2026. Discover observation dates, locations and details based on Space.com and NASA data.

Finding‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ planets that are outside our solar system, called exoplanets, has changed the way we see the cosmos and our place in it. These faraway planets are extremely hard to find because they ...

Every once in a while, the mechanics of our solar system grant Earth and its residents a better-than-average view, as is the ...