Comparing young and old exoplanets helps astronomers understand how planets form, evolve, and change over time.

The next year of science on the James Webb Space Telescope has been announced amid mounting budgetary uncertainty that could ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has completed is 2nd ultra-close flyby of the sun, and survived to transmit its data back to Earth.

The Australian research could lead to new insights about which suns could support life on distant worlds. Find out more.

NASA's Webb telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir earlier this year when it topped Earth's hit ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. —NASA and SpaceX’s Crew-10 astronauts will arrive at the Kennedy Space Center on Friday, March 7, to prepare for their flight to the International Space Station.

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

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams: These names, rich in meaning, celebrate space, bravery, and exploration for your little star.

Ellipses are defined as curves that surround two focal points. At any point on the ellipse, the sum of the distance to both ...

Learn what planet rains molten iron and which planet has two moons like Tatooine in Star Wars.

Young, close-orbiting exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes may form farther from their stars and migrate inward or lose their ...

"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...