Scientists using JWST have uncovered striking cloud formations and extreme heat contrasts on LTT 9779 b, a rare ultra-hot ...

It's a new type of three-body problem for astronomers, who used the Hubble Space Telescope to determine that twin asteroids ...

NEW YORK — NASA is switching off two science instruments on its long-running twin Voyager spacecraft to save power. The space ...

After tracking a puzzling X-ray signal from a dying star for decades, astronomers may have finally explained its source: The ...

LTT 9779 b, an ultra-hot Neptune, is defying expectations. With temperatures soaring to nearly 2,000°C and a tidally locked ...

Seven planets are aligning in the night sky this week, creating a brief chance to see a “planetary parade.” Mercury, Venus, ...

Illustration of LTT 9779 b, the only known ultra-hot Neptune. This planet orbits so close to its star that its atmosphere is ...

On the evening of 28 February 2025, all seven of the other planets in the Solar System will appear in the night sky at the same time, with Saturn, Mercury, Neptune ... the rarest of all. An ...

Police have been searching for the second 15-year-old girl reported missing from Neptune Township with a few days' span. The ...

The mysterious Oort cloud is the source of many of our solar system's comets, but astronomers still have no idea what it ...

Icy worlds far out in the Universe – such as Neptune, or Jupiter's moon Europa – might have harbored plastic Ice VII in the past, experts think. Being able to observe how the ice behaves in the lab ...

As the night progresses, more planets will fade. Mars will be the last planet visible. We have two illustrations to help visualize the planetary alignment: 1. An annotated night sky map showing the ...