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New simulations suggest Jupiter holds far more water than once thought, reshaping ideas about how the largest planet formed.

With an image from the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA finds clues outside the solar system that explain crystals born in ...

Last year, astronomers were fascinated by a runaway asteroid passing through our Solar System from somewhere far beyond. It ...

Scientists watched a solar flare grow from tiny magnetic sparks into a violent plasma-raining avalanche on the Sun.

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Skygazers who look up at the moon tonight may be able to spot Saturn below it. Here's when and how to spot the conjunction in Florida.