Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals a tiny patch of sky in the constellation Hydra. The stars and galaxies ...

Since New Horizons' close encounter with Pluto 10 years ago, experts have come to think of the dwarf planet as much more ...

UCF researchers utilized the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover unique characteristics of (2060) Chiron, a distant ...

A new study suggests that the origin of Pluto's largest moon was quite different than our own. Here's what you need to know.

The search for planets beyond our solar system has taken an exciting leap forward, thanks to advancements in space missions ...

Astronomers are uncovering new insights into exoplanetary atmospheres, and a recent study on WASP-107 b has turned ...

Blue Origin's massive New Glenn rocket comes in at a towering 320 feet tall — which is equivalent to a 32-story skyscraper. Still, it's overshadowed by SpaceX's Starship, which current launches from ...

The natal disk of PDS 70 with new planet PDS 70b (bright spot on the right ... motion, temperature and other characteristics. Each molecule or element produces its own spectrum. So, by studying these ...

Spectroscopes, like the NIRSpec on Webb, tell us about what's in the atmosphere based on the characteristics of the light reflected from a planet. Different types of molecules have different ...

It seems 2025 will have a strong start, too, with a planet parade just a few weeks into the new year. A planet parade is when several of our solar system's planets are visible in the night sky at ...