The solar system was packed with 50 to 100 protoplanets billions of years ago. Not all of them lived to tell the tale of the ...

With METIS and MICADO, two instruments for what will be the largest optical telescope in the world, the Extremely Large ...

Planets don't get much more iconic than Saturn. But if you managed to see it through a backyard telescope right now, you wouldn't see its rings.

Researchers suggest that certain gases detected in the atmospheres of exoplanets could be key indicators in the search for ...

The Extremely Large Telescope will revolutionize our view of the cosmos when it sees first light in Chile in 2028. In fact, ...

A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.

Astronomers have tracked several meteorites that dropped in on Earth back to their origin, space rocks in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Scientists found a bizarre new planet named Enaiposha, unlike any in our solar system. Learn why it's a mystery and how it’s ...

Several games that had rough launches, such as No Man’s Sky, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Cyberpunk 2077, Final Fantasy ...

Simulations suggest that water can become a superacid under extremely high heat and pressure conditions. This may also explain how planets like Uranus and Neptune get diamond rain ...