In astronomy, there is a concept called "degeneracy." It has nothing to do with delinquent people, but instead is used to ...

Neptune stations direct in Pisces on Dec. 10, and a decade's worth of dreams is brought to the forefront. Here's what the ...

Orbiting in reverse around Neptune, Triton is a cosmic rebel with a secret past. This video dives into the evidence that suggests this giant moon was not born around the blue planet but was violently ...

Fresh simulations show there is a chance Uranus and Neptune might actually be rock-rich worlds wrapped in thinner icy layers.

Earth has the perfect combination of a livable atmosphere and a protective magnetic field that prevents the Sun's harmful radiation and radioactive solar winds from damaging us, allowing us to live on ...

New models suggest Uranus and Neptune may hold far more rock than expected, raising questions about how these distant planets formed.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observed the atmosphere of a strange exoplanet, LTT 9779 b and found stunning details about its extreme weather patterns. Earlier this year, in February, JWST's ...

Neptune, the most distant major planet in the Solar System, has finally given up one of its longest held secrets. After ...

A NASA spacecraft is making a close approach to the sun, repeating its record-breaking distance of 3.8 million miles from the ...

For the first time, scientists have continuously monitored a planet's escaping atmosphere over a complete orbit, revealing ...

Revisiting old data from Voyager 2, scientists have worked out how a dense, shocked region of the solar wind could have ...

This month features several significant celestial shifts, including Mercury and Neptune turning direct, a Full Moon in Gemini ...