Auroras at Earth’s poles are caused by charged solar particles colliding with the atmosphere—but these glowing wonders aren’t exclusive to Earth; other planets experience auroras too, lighting up ...

A new study has found that such heavy metals may have formed through eruptions on a rare type of star called a magnetar.

At a frigid -125 degrees Fahrenheit (-87 degrees Celsius), WD 1856+534 b is the coldest planet ever directly observed, ...

NASA scientists have sought to understand planet Jupiter, the gas giant whose mass is more than the rest of the planets in ...

A newly released image of the sun captured by the world's largest solar telescope shows the surface of our nearest star in ...

A massive hydrogen cloud near Earth, Eos, was discovered glowing in ultraviolet light - offering new insights into star ...

A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But ...

The cloud of hydrogen is shaped like a crescent and “literally glowing in the dark" like fluorescent stickers on a child's ...

Hello, Eos! Recently discovered molecular cloud is believed to be one of the largest structures in the sky and among the ...

Astronomers have detected a promising sign of a ninth planet lurking at the the farthest reaches of the Solar System.

New research challenges the meteorite hypothesis, suggesting Earth's water may be native, originating from the solar nebula rather than asteroidal impacts.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have directly detected the faint glow of a planet that’s colder than any ...