A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four ...

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Stargazers can see six planets all in one evening during the second month of the year, especially Mercury, which is usually ...

Using data from NASA's Juno spacecraft, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers make most precise measurement to date, say ...

In March 2025, the International Astronomical Union recognised the discovery of a whopping 128 more moons orbiting around ...

The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing ...

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

Although Mercury was geologically active in its early days, today its surface appears almost completely static. This is why ...

NASA’s newly launched IMAP mission is set to tell us more about the boundary between our Solar System and interstellar space ...

Researchers estimate that the planet has about a 50% chance of being in its star's Hoble zone.

The atmospheric carbon dioxide was thought to be the result of the oxidation of oxygen molecules in the exosphere. As a consequence of this discovery, Rhea became the first Saturnian moon, and only ...

In addition to shaping the interior of rocky planets, molten rock located deep within these planets may also contribute to ...