Jupiter’s moons are among the most fascinating worlds in the solar system, but reaching them is a monumental challenge. This exploration explains how far these moons really are, how long spacecraft ...

The curious minds at What If investigate what would happen if Jupiter suddenly transformed into a rocky planet, revealing atmospheric collapse and solar system chaos.

A Northumbria University PhD student has led an international team of astronomers in creating the first-ever three-dimensional map of Uranus's upper ...

This February’s alignment spreads Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter across the western to eastern sky after sunset on Feb. 28. All six will appear shortly after sunset, according to ...

Astronomers have long debated why so many icy objects in the outer solar system look like snowmen. Michigan State University ...

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn—will be visible to the naked eye. Uranus and Neptune, being much farther away, will ...

In late winter, the zodiacal light is visible in the evening in the Northern Hemisphere (false dusk) and in the pre-dawn ...

Webb Telescope finds crystalline water ice around star HD 181327. This discovery could reveal how icy bodies contribute to ...

In a conventional system like our own, rocky planets such as Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars orbit closest to the host star. Farther out, gas giants ...

A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.

Researchers report that ASASSN-24fw dimmed for nine months due to a ringed companion, likely a brown dwarf or super-Jupiter, based on observations published by Universe Today and the Royal ...