Fantasizing about interplanetary exploration is a fun mental exercise, but the harsh realities of life (or lack thereof) in ...

The spacecraft had measured a surprisingly strong electron radiation belt during a flyby of Uranus, which had remained a ...

New high-contrast images from SPHERE show a stunning variety of debris disks shaped by collisions of tiny planet-building ...

SPHERE’s detailed images of dusty rings around young stars offer a rare glimpse into the hidden machinery of planet formation ...

Astronomers have created a groundbreaking discovery of images showing debris disks in an extensive range of exoplanetary ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered a rare solar system in the Milky Way that boasts six planets orbiting in perfect rhythm like a cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces since ...

Still, science being science, we needed proof—and we got it in 1992, when two astronomers found two planets orbiting a pulsar ...

Theia, the world that helped form the Moon, came from the Solar System. Chemical clues in Earth and Moon rocks reveal this close origin.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar ...

NASA has announced when the longest total solar eclipse of the century will occur—and you won’t have to wait long. Here’s ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Danny Lewis: Almost 800 million miles away from Earth, the moon Enceladus orbits ...