New observational data from the James Webb Space Telescope and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike ...

Two stars in Wolf-Rayet 140 collide, forming carbon-rich dust. Webb captured 17 expanding dust shells, revealing ...

The Red Planet reaches its best position all year this week on January 15. Here’s how and when to get out and see it.

The Sun sometimes coughs up solar flares, which occur when the star’s magnetic field twists and sends a burst of energy and ...

New ground- and space-based infrared observations are giving astronomers a better handle on the true populations of red ...

NASA's Roman Space Telescope is preparing for launch in 2027, with a mission to study distant galaxies and explore dark ...

An occultation of Mars by the Moon last occurred on Dec. 7, 2022. This photo, showing Mars just before it went behind the Moon, was taken during that occultation at PAC’s Paul Castle Observatory in ...

Earth" and a massive outer planet, revealing insights into extreme planetary evolution. An international research team, led ...

The Red Planet comes closest to Earth, disappears behind the Moon in an occultation, and finally reaches opposition in the ...

Smaller gas giants are less likely to survive in such systems, surrounded by clashing planetary titans. With their lower ...

making it 10,000 times brighter than the average star in the sky. Most interestingly, it falls in the constellation Gemini.

Remote, icy and mostly pristine, Greenland plays an outsized role in the daily weather experienced by billions of people and ...