"We have no way to determine how different exoplanets really look in detail yet, and this makes them a rich space for creativity." As shocking as it sounds today, prior to the 1990s, scientists ...

You may need binoculars or a telescope for this one. It includes the three furthest planets in our solar system.

we point to the planets we know," Indeed, this slate gray plate is headed toward a world that has plagued humanity's dreams since the dawn of astronomy: our solar system's sunset-hued gas giant ...

Legendary Star Lacks Evidence for Large Planet Construction Ever since the dawn of human consciousness, skywatchers have been ...

Researchers have developed a new method using the Allen Telescope Array to search for interplanetary radio communication in the TRAPPIST-1 star system. A new technique allows astronomers to home ...

This was Juno’s 66th perijove. Each one of these close flybys has added a wealth of knowledge to our understanding of Jupiter ...

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

Our ability to detect planets outside our Solar System is becoming more refined. Thus, astrophysicists can now detect exoplanets still nestled within the dust cloud that witnessed their birth, right ...

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Nasa’s Europa Clipper will now travel 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion kilometres), finally arriving at the biggest planet in the solar system in April 2030. What it finds could change what ...

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