The European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to guide the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft through its closest encounter with ...

The controversy endures over Pluto's true status, but the solar system underdog continues to capture hearts across the globe.

Asteroids that orbit close to the Earth inevitably cause us some anxiety due to the even remote possibility of a collision. But their proximity also offers ample opportunities to learn more about the ...

"Even the strongest hurricanes in the solar system seem calm in comparison." ...

Simulations showed that over 10 lakh macroscopic objects, each wider than 100 metres were moving surreptitiously outside our ...

Learn more about the atmosphere of WASP-121b, or Tylos, whose winds are layered like no other planet’s.

However, you might be surprised to know that Earth is not alone in having volcanoes – in fact, it’s beaten numerically by the ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...

Pluto may not be a planet any more, but you still have a chance to see the distant dwarf planet at one of Michigan's ...

NASA scientists have detected a star and trailing exoplanet that may be sailing through the Milky Way with unprecedented ...

Saturn’s rings are an arresting sight even through modest telescopes. The planet is made mostly of hydrogen and helium whereas the rings are billions of pieces of mostly bright-white water ice and ...

Researchers have peered into the atmosphere of planet WASP-121b and found its climate is stranger than anyone imagined.