The king of the solar system, the giant planet Jupiter, will reach opposition. Because Earth will be almost directly between ...

Many astronomical events, such as meteor showers, run by calendrical timings as well. But our moon and the other planets move ...

Astronomers are getting used to a strange new kind of cosmic mystery: worlds that seem to appear in their data, linger for ...

Astronomers are once again questioning whether our solar system is complete. Subtle gravitational effects suggest something large may be hiding far beyond the known planets. It hasn’t been directly ...

Astronomers have uncovered a massive hidden planet and a rare “failed star” by combining ultra-precise space data with some of the sharpest ground-based images ever taken. Using the Subaru Telescope ...

An artistic representation of exoplanet PSR J2322-2650b, on the left, and the pulsar it orbits, on the right NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI) A lemon-shaped exoplanet residing far beyond the ...

This artist’s concept shows what the exoplanet called PSR J2322-2650b (left) may look like as it orbits a rapidly spinning neutron star called a pulsar (right). Gravitational forces from the much ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The controversy didn’t end with outrage at what the film was showing, but in how it allegedly ...

Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found a unique planet in another star system that’s shaped like a lemon. The lopsided Jupiter-style planet is so bizarre that it may blur the ...

An unusual object orbiting a rapidly spinning star might be a new phenomenon in the universe. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Earth isn’t a perfect sphere. The rotation of our planet causes it to bulge ever ...

No known process explains how such a carbon-heavy planet as PSR J2322-2650 b could form, according to new research. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Ralf Crawford illustration Astronomers have found a ...