Following the much-ballyhooed “planet parade” this winter, the planets have been gradually dipping below the horizon, ...

A Europa Lander prototype was just successfully field tested on Alaska's Matanuska Glacier to simulate the icy conditions of ...

Naturally, the aurora on our solar system's largest planet is hundreds of times brighter and more energetic than our own Northern lights.

According to their work, Jupiter's radius was once two to two-and-a-half times its current radius—large enough to contain ...

Sky watchers will be able to spot three Solar System bodies in UK skies this weekend during a mini 'planet parade'. While the ...

Scientists believe such an extreme orbit means the object was pushed and pulled by the gravity of giant planets like Jupiter ...

A new study reveals that Jupiter has massive primordial form and powerful magnetic field, offering fresh insights into how it ...

In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

Jupiter is an impressive phenomenon in our solar system. Nevertheless, it has diminished considerably since its early days.

A pair of researchers in astrophysics claim the data sheds new light on Jupiter’s role in shaping the early solar system and ...

There’s a new frozen oddball orbiting the Sun, and it’s not your average space rock. It’s a planet—a minor one, to be ...

It is the largest object in the Solar System, but recent studies suggest it was once even twice as large as it is today.