The robotic Cassini spacecraft which is now orbiting Saturn looked back toward the eclipsed Sun and saw a view unlike any other. CICLOPS, JPL, ESA, NASA We've been looking at other planets through ...

Staring at the sun—a close (but safe) look at our home star Staring at the sun—a close (but safe) look at our home star Need a new idea to keep kids entertained? Try stargazing. Need a new ...

First we are going to make the stars in our solar system. For this you need to dip a dry paintbrush in to white paint, and using your finger, flick the paintbrush, so that the paint goes all over ...

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering mystery about how distant planets form, researchers said.

"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access the inner planets. Now the results are in, and we can do interesting ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in ...

Outside our solar system, about 130 light-years away, there is a planetary system that has long been the target of astronomers studying how other worlds were formed.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been ...