A team of researchers is challenging our understanding of the Solar System planets interior. The composition of Uranus and ...

Uranus and Neptune may not be the icy worlds we’ve long imagined. A new Swiss-led study uses innovative hybrid modeling to ...

Look to the southeastern horizon in the hours following sunset on Nov. 29 — you'll be able to see the moon shine close to the ...

Which planet is the furthest from the sun? Some may think it’s Pluto, but it’s actually Neptune. Learn more about this ice ...

For the first time, scientists have continuously monitored a planet's escaping atmosphere over a complete orbit, revealing ...

An astronomy enthusiast has managed to capture a stunning image of a comet from Wales. From his back garden in Llangynidr, ...

Revisiting old data from Voyager 2, scientists have worked out how a dense, shocked region of the solar wind could have ...

Far beyond the bright planets, in the dim outskirts of the Solar System, astronomers keep stumbling on objects that refuse to ...

New models suggest Uranus and Neptune may be far rockier than long believed, reshaping theories of ice-giant interiors, ...

Have scientists finally confirmed the existence of the first exomoon? This is what a study released on the preprint server ...

Earth has the perfect combination of a livable atmosphere and a protective magnetic field that prevents the Sun's harmful radiation and radioactive solar winds from damaging us, allowing us to live on ...

After decades of searching, astronomers may have finally stumbled upon the first moon known to exist beyond our solar ...