If you thought planets only circled stars in neat, flat disks, think again. Scientists have uncovered compelling evidence for ...

Astronomers have discovered the weirdest planetary system ever seen, consisting of a planet rolling around rare binary ...

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

Uranus, the mysterious ice giant, has 27 known moons, each named after literary characters from Shakespeare and Alexander ...

Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system due to its thick carbon dioxide atmosphere, trapping heat as part of a ...

Astronomers have detected possible chemical signs of life on a faraway planet. But they caution much more work is needed to confirm their findings.

The James Webb Space Telescope may have detected life-associated gas in the atmosphere of a far-off planet. The news is being ...

"The two planets present an interesting contrast in their characteristics ... (For comparison, Mercury — the planet closest to the sun in our solar system — completes its orbit in 88 days ...

The findings reveal unusual chemical signatures and offer new insights into the behavior of novas beyond the Milky Way.

Scientists now believe that solar bursts hit the largest planet of our solar system two to three times a month.