SPHERE’s detailed images of dusty rings around young stars offer a rare glimpse into the hidden machinery of planet formation ...

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Astronomers have discovered icy rocks in the outer solar system that seem to defy the laws of physics, suggesting the ...

Earth may have a moon today because a nearby neighbor once crashed into us, a new analysis of Apollo samples and terrestrial ...

New James Webb telescope observations of the 'super-puff' planet WASP-107b show that the exoplanet's runaway atmosphere is ...

"The James Webb Space Telescope has captured helium escape from this planet for the first time, and it is the most confident ...

If it feels like the last month of the year has kicked off on an especially dramatic note, you’re simply feeling the vibes of ...

While Mercury is the innermost planet in the Solar System, on average it spends more time closer to Earth than Venus does.

Our planet’s magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history—even total reversals—but this recent wrinkle doesn’t ...

If you look across space with a telescope, you'll see countless galaxies, most of which host large central black holes, ...

The Space Engineers 2 VS2 update kicks off December with a bang, adding the first implementation of planets, survival, and ...