The study by Konstantin Batygin of Caltech and Fred Adams of the University of Michigan pulls off a rare feat in planetary science. They have reconstructed Jupiter’s physical state at a precise moment ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has discovered water ice in a young star amongst the solar systems debris belt.

A recent study published in Nature Astronomyhas provided compelling evidence for a frozen ocean world on the dwarf planet ...

One Pluto year equals 248 Earth years. At 1473 miles in diameter—about half the width of the United States—Pluto is the ...

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

A s the most massive planet in the Solar System, and first to form, Jupiter’s gravity shaped the formation of everything else ...

Southwest Research Institute scientists have discovered how solar activity affects the velocity distribution and evolution of ...

After two decades of debate, research confirms that an odd binary star system has an equally odd planetary companion ...

Between May 20 and 24, the moon, Saturn and Venus will meet in a mini 'planetary parade,' becoming visible in the northern ...

The White House's 2026 budget request axes NASA's long-held plan to bring Mars samples to Earth for analysis. Here's why that cancellation would be a mistake.

The fifth planet from the sun ... The largest moon in the solar system, Ganymede is also the only moon known to have its own magnetic field. Volcanoes rage on Io's surface, earning it the title ...