The rain it raineth every day, as Shakespeare noted, apparently even on Saturn. The cosmos, it seems, is no comfort at this ...

Most planets that we find outside of our solar system are already fully formed, with their birth materials long since ...

New observations show that planets forming in protoplanetary disks like that around PDS 70 can trigger the formation of ...

Comets without tails, called dark comets, are a newly discovered space object. Now, astronomers know they come in 2 classes.

New Jersey Symphony presents Holst's The Planets—An HD Odyssey with Music Director Xian Zhang conducting. Four performances will take place from January 30 through February 2, 2025 in New Brunswick, ...

A team of Flat Earth conspiracy theorists recently traveled to Antarctica in the hopes of proving—once and for all—that our ...

Joel Achenbach writes about science and politics for The Washington Post's National desk. He has been a staff writer for The Post since 1990. He started the newsroom’s first online column, Rough ...

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The study used Venus as a model for exoplanets—planets outside our solar system. By treating Venus as if it were in another star system, researchers tested whether techniques currently used to ...

A new discovery by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed a new planet in the Kepler-51 system. The Kepler-51 system is a cluster known for its "super-puff" planets with densities ...

Hurt (Caltech-IPAC) illustration Scientists say they've found the nearest temperate Earth-size world to date: Gliese 12 b, a so-called exo-Venus, meaning a rocky planet outside the solar system ...

People around the world will have a chance this weekend to catch what could be the year’s most stunning view of the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter on Saturday will shine at its ...