Scientists have discovered a giant cosmic filament where galaxies spin in sync with the structure that holds them together.

Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed as a ...

Avi Loeb keeps interstellar object 3I/ATLAS at rank 4 on his classification scale as scientists await new data from its 2026 Jupiter flyby.

Far from our solar system, astronomers have spotted a world that looks less like a sphere and more like a squeezed lemon, a ...

What types of exoplanets orbit pulsars? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS makes its closest approach to Earth on Dec. 19. Here's how you can track its progress both during ...

In 2025, NASA also consolidated its social media accounts to improve clarity, compliance, and strategic alignment. After ...

Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals formed much later than expected. These late-forming bodies match the ages and ...

If you've ever wondered why we are here, then you can thank Jupiter for part of the answer. A new study from Rice University suggests that if it weren't for the gas giant, the Earth would have ...

Researchers from the Netherlands Research School of Astronomy have created a new model that, they believe, explains the extreme jet streams seen on large planets like Jupiter and Saturn. All four of ...

New research from Rice University shows that Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, played a major role in shaping the early solar system — including the conditions that led to Earth’s ...

Illustration comparing the planets of the Solar System and the Sun on the same scale. The planets are shown to scale relative to each other but their distances are not. From left to right the bodies ...