In 2020, astronomers detected WD 1856+534 b, a gas giant that orbits a star 81 light-years from Earth. This exoplanet, which ...

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure — and reveal how little is understood about ...

With its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the most stunning planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from the sun and ...

A burst of solar wind triggered a planet-wide heatwave in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, say astronomers at the University in ...

The weather gets a little wild and weird on Jupiter. How wild? Spacecraft instruments have measured strong winds, tracked ...

Pluto was discovered in 1930 in Arizona, but in 2006 scientists decided to cut Pluto from the planetary line up. Here is why ...

In fact, the life that could be — thriving on a distant ocean-covered planet named ... to one of Jupiter's many moons where water is believed to exist beneath an icy surface.

In a new study published in Science Advances, a team led by planetary scientist Chris Moeckel from UC Berkeley offers a ...

The surface of Saturn also holds small ... is the second-biggest moon in the solar system, after Jupiter's Ganymede. It's also larger than the planet Mercury. Titan is an incredible world wrapped ...

Astronomers detected potential biosignatures on exoplanet K2-18b, but findings remain inconclusive. Claims of alien life ...

the planet reaches a distance from the star where it is either torn apart from the star’s gravity or it simply plunges into the star’s surface,” Barker said. Barker’s grant award will help her create ...