Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, known for its massive size, strong gravity, powerful storms and many moons ...

The giant planets weren't always where we find them today. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune formed in a more compact ...

Even the best telescopes can’t see exoplanets. It’s all about watching for jiggly stars, blue shifts, and transits.

By tracking tiny stellar wobbles, astronomers have detected planets forming around young stars for the first time.

Everything that has a beginning will have an end. From organisms to planets, the arc remains the same for all parts of the ...

Astronomers are uncovering distant worlds beyond our solar system using ingenious indirect methods like observing stellar ...

States with booming data center construction are seeing spikes in new power needs. Much of it is being met by coal and solar.

Astronomers discovered a new moon of Uranus and hundreds of moons around Saturn over the past year, and there may be many ...

How common are Earth-like planets in the universe? When I started working on supernova explosions, I never imagined that my ...

Astronomers are once again questioning whether our solar system is complete. Subtle gravitational effects suggest something ...

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...

Our sun is about halfway through its life, which means Earth is as well. After a star exhausts its hydrogen nuclear fuel, its diameter expands more than a hundredfold, engulfing any unlucky planets in ...