Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in our Solar System, completing a rotation in less than 10 hours. This rapid spin influences its shape, atmosphere, and extreme weather patterns, including the ...

New research shows how Jupiter carved out rings and gaps that changed how and when planets and meteorites formed.

A team of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the first 3D atmospheric map of an exoplanet. The fiery WASP-18b, a massive “ultra-hot Jupiter,” revealed striking temperature ...

As the nights grow longer across the Northern Hemisphere, November offers a dynamic stage for planet watchers. From elusive ...

Scientists found that colorful pigments in Earth’s cloud microbes may help telescopes identify signs of life on distant ...

Over the past seven decades, thousands of sophisticated spacecraft have been launched on ambitious missions to look down on ...

Have you ever had one of those moments where the sheer vastness of the world or the universe completely blows your mind? It ...

Perihelion for 3I/ATLAS takes place on Oct. 30, when the interstellar interloper will be 1.35 astronomical units (125 million ...

The first world beyond our Solar System to be mapped in three dimensions a gas giant almost ten times more massive than ...

Spot November’s supermoon, Leonids peak, and Uranus at opposition, plus a dark-sky new moon and a Moon-Saturn pairing. Here’s ...

Comet Lemmon, which gave us a great show in October, is slowly fading and dropping lower in the southwestern sky. When the ...

Over the past several days, two spacecraft orbiting Mars imaged the massive object as it passed by the Red Planet. Here's an ...