Scientists argue that limiting the search for life strictly to a star’s traditional habitable zone is too restrictive. That ...

Life as we know it needs liquid water. For liquid water to exist on a given planet, it has to lie in a specific region called ...

“This is the first planet candidate with Earth-like radius and orbital properties transiting a Sun-like star bright enough ...

NASA’s TESS spacecraft tracked interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in January, capturing data on its motion, brightness, and rotation before it left the solar system ...

During a special observation run from Jan. 15 to Jan. 22, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite ( TESS) repeatedly ...

The rate-setting committee remains split between those opposed to further cuts until inflation comes down, and those who want ...

Jupiter and Saturn host strikingly different polar storms, despite being similar giant planets, and scientists have long wondered why. New simulations suggest the answer may lie deep below the clouds.

The International Space Station, where astronauts have lived and worked for 25 years, is regularly visible to Earth. Here's ...

We have all been taught in school that planets revolve in the same direction as the Earth, i.e., in the counterclockwise direction. However, the universe never ceases to amaze us with its unexpected ...

Jupiter and Saturn's different polar storms reveal clues about planet interiors: Saturn has harder bottom than Jupiter.

Observations of the two solar system gas giants have revealed that Jupiter 's north pole hosts a central polar vortex ...

Over the years, passing spacecraft have observed mystifying weather patterns at the poles of Jupiter and Saturn. The two ...