A unique gas giant has been confirmed through global teamwork, offering insights into planetary formation and future ...

To the right of the star, there is a small red planet touching one of the star's magnetic field lines. The flare is blasting ...

While telescopes and the Voyager 2 flyby gave us glimpses of its atmosphere and unusual tilt, many questions remain ...

Even if Earth does survive, it won’t be pretty. The temperature of our planet will be about 1,300 degrees C, hot enough to ...

Celebrate the Fourth with the Fireworks Galaxy, then check out the Demon Star Algol and the Full Buck Moon in the sky this ...

You may not see Neptune with the naked eye, but it’s hiding some of the most extreme weather in the solar system. With 1,000+ mph winds and Earth-sized storms, this distant ice giant challenges ...

Jupiter isn’t alone in this category; Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are also gas giants, though Uranus and Neptune are often ...

Exoplanet HIP 67522 b, fluffed up to the size of Jupiter, circles so close to its star that it’s triggering violent flares — ...

The NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens mission explored Saturn and its moons from 2004 to 2017, providing the most detailed images and ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and ...

Scientists have discovered the first clear case of a planet causing its host star to flare, offering new insights into the ...

Stars often whip their planets with solar winds and radiation, pull them ever closer with gravity and sear them with heat.