Tucked away in a star-forming region in the Taurus constellation, a pair of circling stars are displaying some unexpected ...

Further simulations on flybys into the inner Solar System revealed one of our own planets might be flung out of the ballpark ...

Hot Jupiters are giant planets initially known to orbit alone close to their star. During their migration towards their star, these planets were thought to accrete or eject any other planets present.

All seven of the other planets in our solar system are about to become visible at once in a great planetary alignment – ...

Hot Jupiters are giant planets initially known to orbit alone close to their star. During their migration towards their star, ...

Hot Jupiters are believed to orbit alone close to their star, accreting any other planets. This observation was more convincing because there was a theory supporting it. The theory states that when ...

Solar eclipses are incredible events that only take place about once every 18 months. When they occur, they attract millions ...

More objects are being launched into space than ever, and most are headed for low Earth orbit. This region of space has become increasingly crowded with launches from SpaceX and others that have ...

Located about 1,300 light-years from Earth, these young stars, also known as protostars, reside in a hotbed for star ...

Soon, the Gaia spacecraft will leave orbit and begin its retirement in the depths of space. In the last 10 years, it has ...

A Falcon 9 rocket delivered the two landers to space earlier this morning, kickstarting a pair of exciting private Moon ...

So much junk is filling Earth's orbit that collision avoidance has become a busy business. "We're talking about the dead satellites, the rocket bodies, the fairings, the wrenches, the gloves ...