Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in our Solar System, completing a rotation in less than 10 hours. This rapid spin ...

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

Recent research has challenged the traditional view that water on planets must be delivered from space, suggesting instead ...

The Earth's Moon is its only one, but scientists recently discovered a new celestial body that will be staying near the planet for the next several decades.

Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars. A new study reveals that high-pressure reactions between ...

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

Astronomers observed a massive, multi-temperature plasma eruption from a young Sun-like star, revealing how early solar ...

Analog missions are designed to simulate the crew's experience in a given mission plan. In some cases, they simulate surface ...

I/ATLAS has proven a theory created by Einstein over a century ago, but the way it did it may also prove it's really an ...

The comet, officially detected on July 1, 2025, by the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System)telescope in Chile, has been confirmed to be travelling on a hyperbolic trajectory, meaning ...

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb proposes that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could be made of antimatter—"the most efficient fuel"—while NASA scientists remain sceptical.