From clouds of cosmic dust to brand-new worlds, a Nasa fellow explains how scientists are using powerful radio telescopes to ...

An international team of astronomers has discovered a distant planetary system that challenges long-standing theories of how planets form. Across our galaxy, astronomers routinely observe a ...

Tiny life forms tucked into debris from an asteroid hit could catapult to other planets—including Earth—and survive, a new ...

Want to catch a glimpse of the planetary alignment from Florida? Here's what to know, including a list of official dark sky ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This artist’s impression shows the observed exoplanet, which goes by the name HR8799e. (CREDIT: ESO/L. Calçada/SpaceEngine) Gas ...

New research using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope examines the maximum sizes of gas giant exoplanets, measuring chemical compositions and formation processes in the HR 8799 system.

New research using the James Webb Space Telescope offers the most detailed portrait yet of how auroras form on Uranus.

A small, round piece of asteroid Ryugu (sample #91), called “S-lunar,” contains tiny particles (less than 1 mm) that will allow planetary scientists to study the magnetic signature of the early solar ...

New ALMA and JWST observations reveal why Wolf–Rayet star WR 112 produces tiny dust grains, showing a bimodal grain distribution in its binary system.

For life to develop on a planet, certain chemical elements are needed in sufficient quantities. Phosphorus and nitrogen are essential. Phosphorus is vital for the formation of DNA and RNA, which store ...

A team of scientists has investigated the so-called "Grand Canyon of the Atlantic": A huge underwater canyon extending 500 ...

Astronomers studying a dim red dwarf star called LHS 1903 have found a four-planet system with an architecture that defies the standard rules of how rocky worlds take shape. The outermost planet in ...