Discover why the solar system's planets are arranged as they are, shaped by formation conditions and planetary migration.

This Saturday, Jupiter will shine at its biggest and brightest of the year as Earth passes between the largest planet in our ...

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

If humanity ever leaves the solar system, it will not be for curiosity alone. It will be because survival demands it. Proxima ...

The planet will form a triangle in the sky in the constellation Gemini, with the stars Castor and Pollux. You will be able to ...

Superionic water—the hot, black and strangely conductive form of ice that exists in the center of distant planets—was ...

Mars, often depicted as a barren red planet, is far from lifeless. With its thin atmosphere and dusty surface, it is an ...

Leonardo Testi and team investigate the initial conditions for planet formation in this special astronomy focus ...

A study has cast doubt on the idea that Jupiter's moon Europa, where NASA has sent a spacecraft, could have conditions to ...

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

A recent photo from NASA's Curiosity rover gives an idea of what Mars would look like under skies that resemble our own on Earth. Take a look.