"We show how planets in binary systems can undergo a mirrored migration process, so that both stars end up with hot Jupiters.

Four prominent celestial objects — the moon, a bright planet and two bright stars — will come together to form a "celestial ...

The Proba-3 spacecraft succeed at creating solar eclipses, kicking off a two-year mission to study the sun’s mysterious outer atmosphere, the corona.

A recent study indicates a small chance that Earth could be ejected from our solar system due to passing stars. Simulations ...

Researchers now appreciate that gas planets are more complex than first thought. New findings have implications for our ...

If you looked at the churning clouds near Jupiter’s pole, they appear like ocean currents on Earth — as if you’re looking at ...

Radar and gravity records from NASA’s Magellan orbiter show that Venus' surface is still shifting and is not geologically ...

For years, astronomers have been searching for a mysterious ninth planet lurking in the dark outer reaches of our solar ...

In the remote outer reaches of planetary systems, far beyond the orbit of known planets, enormous and mysterious worlds ...

Greenpeace said it had reviewed satellite imagery that showed a plume of oil stretching up to about 1,500 hectares from the ...