The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering mystery about how distant planets form, researchers said.

U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" indicating extraterrestrial life.

"This is the 5th largest planet in our solar system, lurking out there ... observatory's images will feed into computer ...

The partial solar eclipse of March 2025 did not disappoint as observers turned their eyes and cameras to the sky.

Saturn is practically a solar system unto itself ... Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA New images from the Cassini spacecraft display the slightly different densities of Saturn's rings.

Imagine the gravitational chaos and potential for new discoveries if a new planet formed within our solar system. Trump declares ... at least 3 years Satellite images show at least six stealth ...

Voyager 1 is currently speeding toward the Oort cloud, the edge of our solar system, at nearly 36,000 miles per hour. This image of Mars was first created from high-resolution images taken by ...

We want to take pictures of other solar systems and see how they're similar or different when compared to ours. From there, we can try to get a sense of how weird our solar system is—or how ...

APRIL 13, 2023 — An international research team led by UTSA associate professor of astrophysics Thayne Currie has made a breakthrough in accelerating the search for new planets ... planet—is a planet ...