Our solar system was formed about four and a half billion years ago, from a massive cloud of gas and dust which collapsed on ...

The Hubble Space Telescope time-lapse captured footage of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Credit: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, ...

A powerful new observatory is the best hope yet for finding the elusive Planet 9, a large planet that some scientists say is ...

The most elusive planetary aurora in the Solar System has finally been revealed in all its gently glowing glory.

and so is young compared to our solar system, which has existed for 4.6 billion years. Still hot from their violent formation, the planets of HR 8799 emit large amounts of infrared light.

Each of the planets, labeled b, c, d, and e, has a mass between 20% and 30% of Earth's, making them among the smallest yet ...

A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system ...

The Bay Sages heard from the Delta Astronomical Society (DAS) during its monthly meeting on Thursday. DAS Newsletter Editor ...

The planet’s elusive aurorae are much colder than expected, which is how they evaded detection for so long.

Just when you think Snapchat couldn’t get more creative, it drops something that gets everyone buzzing again. Yup, the same ...

Pluto isn’t the only dwarf planet in our solar system's outer reaches. Now is an ideal time to look for the egg-shaped Haumea, says Abigail Beall ...

The PRIME telescope, operated by Osaka University and others in South Africa, which can potentially study the Milky Way's ...