In 1949, famed mathematician and physicist John von Neumann delivered a series of addresses at the University of Illinois, ...

A coronal mass ejection on another star has been witnessed in its entirety for the first time, revealing that when these ...

Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

As telescopes have become more powerful, it’s turned out our solar system is not the only game in town: There are millions of ...

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in our Solar System, completing a rotation in less than 10 hours. This rapid spin influences its shape, atmosphere, and extreme weather patterns, including the ...

This article lists the top 7 largest moons in our Solar System, detailing their size, the planet they orbit, and key ...

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

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

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a main guiding principle. “All life on Earth needs liquid water, no matter ...