Somewhere between the stars, far from any sun, a planet is moving quietly through space. There is no orbit to trace and no ...

The star system V1298 Tau reveals that many planets begin as large, low-density worlds that slowly shrink and shed their ...

Scientists weighed newborn planets for the first time, revealing puffy worlds that will shrink into super-Earths and ...

Now, a new Nature study points to an answer by catching four planets at a stage most systems never show us: The awkward, ...

New research tracks young planets around a nearby star, showing how large, gas-rich worlds shrink over time to become the most common planets in the galaxy ...

A test model of the Perseverance rover, designed to explore the surface of Mars, sits in a garage at NASA’s Jet Propulsion ...

In its preliminary data release, taken from just seven nights of observations, the powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory has ...

Across the Milky Way, planets slightly larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune appear around most stars. Yet our own solar ...

Impressed by the influence of elephants in our lives, Leonardo da Vinci once wrote: The elephant embodies righteousness, ...

Out in the depths of space, somewhere in between Mars and Jupiter, is a newly discovered asteroid that's breaking records.

Galaxy clusters are formed by a dense packing of many galaxies, making them the most massive structures in the universe.