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Astronomers discovered the gas giant planet — dubbed a "hot Jupiter " — in 2016, but have continued to investigate this ...

If the solar system had a corporate structure, Jupiter would be the CEO, while Saturn ensures rules are followed. Venus ...

Here’s what you should know when you go outside to see for yourself: Yes, the planets are indeed lined up across our sky. No, ...

While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

The article humorously imagines how planets would describe themselves if they were dating profiles. Each planet has a unique ...

WASP-121b is like nothing in the solar system, raining liquid metal and being puffy like a marshmallow. The origins of these ...

Mercury takes only 88 Earth days to orbit the sun.

February will be an awe-inspiring month for astronomy enthusiasts who will be able to the see the solar system's planets ...

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

Dune filmmaker, Denis Villeneuve, opens up about his grief following the passing of David Lynch. Read his full comments here.