When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Planetary scientists are split, oscillating between two main theories that explain the order in ...

What: Astronomers using JWST and ALMA have captured the earliest known stage of planet formation around the protostar ...

We all picture the Solar System as a neat cosmic racetrack with planets orbiting the Sun on a flat, organized path. But have ...

While 3I/ATLAS is getting all the attention, there are a number of other comets visible through telescopes and binoculars in ...

Exoplanets—worlds orbiting distant stars—were once only theory, until scientists found the first evidence beyond our solar ...

A 3D map of planet WASP-18b reveals extreme heat zones and broken water vapor in its atmosphere for the first time.

Comet 3I/ATLAS will be closest to the Sun on October 29 and will be observable through telescopes. Here is how you can track it.

I/ATLAS was first spotted by NASA scientists in May this year. Ever since, it has displayed behaviors that are not just ...

Microbes high in Earth’s stratosphere produce pigments to protect them from UV light – so similar molecules could be ...

The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is making a rare visit to our solar system, reaching perihelion near Mars' orbit on October 30, ...

Jupiter will reach its highest point in the sky around dawn, when, from mid-northern latitudes, it will appear about 20 ...