A new asteroid that was discovered hurtling towards Earth in December has the highest odds of a collision to date, according ...

Scientists have long overlooked white dwarfs as hosts for habitable exoplanets, assuming their lack of fusion would make life impossible. But new climate models challenge that idea, showing that ...

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 ...

The controversy endures over Pluto's true status, but the solar system underdog continues to capture hearts across the globe.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is providing the best look yet at the chaotic events unfolding around the supermassive ...

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

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 ...

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a cosmic cloudscape, with clouds of dust and gas swirling in beautiful colors.

Perseverance's drives over the last few weeks have doubled back several times. Why such an unconventional route? Team ...

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams recently told CNN they want to "change the rhetoric" about the two astronauts being "stuck in space." ...

Astronomers use planetary alignment to describe the phenomenon when planets gather closely on one side of the Sun at the same ...