In a nutshell Scientists have discovered a new type of planetary collision called “kiss-and-capture,” where Pluto and proto-Charon briefly connected and spun together before separating into their ...

While claims of a “rare alignment” are overblown, you can still see up to six planets in the night sky this weekend. Here's ...

Starting at 12:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT) on Saturday (Jan. 25), astrophysicist Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project ...

The fastest planetary winds ever found are tearing across a distant gas giant.

Researchers have created an improved traffic light system for predicting geomagnetic storms. They are now testing how well ...

Flickering coronal "loops" on the Sun are warning signs of a coming solar eruption, paving the way for better space weather ...

Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on January 13 as it reached its perihelion, and is now disintegrating.

Comedian Joe Rogan has praised a theory that actor Terrence Howard once shared with him about the possibility of life on other planets.

The record-breaking winds are circling the nearby "puffy" exoplanet WASP-127b, and are traveling six times faster than the ...

Saturn’s rings, imaged here by NASA’s Cassini orbiter, are one of the solar system’s most reliably spectacular sights. But ...

Many climate experts see its deserts as a place to build the green-energy future. For two local activists, the price is too ...

Astronomers discovered supersonic winds on a giant gas planet located over 500 light-years from Earth. In a study released ...