In the western half of the sky after sunset this week, we have two planets to watch out for, both of which can be seen with ...

When the solar system formed, a disk of gas and dust orbited the young sun. Over the course of millions of years, the dust ...

The Psyche mission, on its way to study an asteroid of the same name, approached within 2,864 miles of the red planet on May ...

JWST has revealed a surprising daily cloud cycle on a distant hot Jupiter, giving scientists a clearer look at its atmosphere.

The planet coined WASP-94A b is a “ hot Jupiter ,” a gas giant roughly in the same broad family as Jupiter but orbiting much ...

Discovery led by UC Santa Cruz Ph.D. of daily cloud cycle on a hot Jupiter exoplanet provides unique window into its make-up ...

Planetary alignments continue to capture public fascination because they make astronomy feel approachable and easy to ...

Ganymede and Europa transit Jupiter tonight, while Io disappears in an occultation. West Coast observers can catch a double ...

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered a rare world unlike anything in our solar system — a giant planet about the size of Saturn with surprisingly Earth-like temperatures ...

Venus and Jupiter remain visible in the evening sky soon after sunset early in July, although Jupiter fairly quickly drops ...

JWST observations reveal dramatic cloud cycles on exoplanet WASP-94A b, offering unprecedented insight into alien weather and ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made a weather forecast for the exoplanet WASP-94Ab, a world with clouds of sand in ...