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

The Very Large Telescope's SPHERE instrument captured unprecedented images of 51 dusty rings shaping young planetary systems.

Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention ...

Like a toddler right before naptime, TRAPPIST-1 is a small yet moody star. This little star, which sits in the constellation ...

Astronomers have identified a colossal exomoon candidate roughly seven Neptune masses orbiting the giant world HD 206893 B — ...

BRITS are clueless about our solar system – with four in 10 unable to identify the biggest planet and a quarter uncertain ...

Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...

Track the interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, catch the peak of the spectacular 120-per-hour Geminid meteor shower (Dec 13/14), and ...

Before the ribbon-cutting for the solar system walk on the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail on Nov. 29, created by WHS Astronomy ...

Almost all planets in our solar system have moons – why not exoplanets? Astronomers believe they have discovered the first ...

"During the early solar system's game of cosmic billiards, Earth was struck by a neighbor,” said Dauphas. “It was a lucky shot. Without the moon's steadying influence on our planet's tilt, the climate ...

Later in December, the 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet will get as close to Earth as it ever will. Here's what to know.