Scientists using the James Webb telescope observed a distant exoplanet with an atmosphere of soot and diamonds, challenging ...

Astronomers have uncovered a massive hidden planet and a rare “failed star” by combining ultra-precise space data with some of the sharpest ground-based images ever taken. Using the Subaru Telescope ...

The giant planets weren't always where we find them today. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune formed in a more compact configuration and later underwent a violent reshuffling that scattered them to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. A yellowish-orange glow bathes Phainoterra, a planet of dramatic ...

With sapphire waterfalls, lava rain and orbits around dead stars, these distant worlds push the limits of what’s possible.

Not every large object in space forms part of a solar system. There are some big objects that exist in isolation in space, without either being a star or orbiting one. One of these, SIMP 0136, wanders ...

With 3I/ATLAS days away from making its closest approach to Earth, agencies worldwide are conducting the largest and most ...

In “Citizen Science in Astronomy (Part 7),” SETI Institute astronomers Dr. Franck Marchis and Dr. Lauren Sgro highlight two rare and compelling discoveries and the crucial role of citizen scientists ...

Nothing about this planet makes sense. And that’s both confounding and exciting for astronomers. In A Nutshell Astronomers ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Each planet in our solar system takes a different amount of time to complete one orbit around the sun. For example, Mercury, being closest to the sun, takes just 88 Earth days to ...

Have you ever imagined what it would be like to ski on another planet? Just think about how effortless it would be to link ...

Researchers have found a candidate for the hypothetical Planet Nine, which could be an undiscovered giant planet way out in our solar system. However, as with all ninth planet research, the new ...