NASA was formed in 1958 "to provide for research into problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere, and for ...

A pair of astrophysicists with Aix- Marseille Université, CNRS, and Institut Universitaire de France have developed a new ...

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the mystery of why no ringed moons exist today.

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

It’s one of the biggest planets of our solar system and we’ve just got a step closer to learning more about the cold planet Uranus. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has managed to take ...

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Scientists suggested the enormous object disrupted the orbits of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, which would explain the peculiarities of these four planets' paths. Prevailing solar ...

It’s a big moment for amateur astronomers with telescopes because an outer planet's annual opposition ... However, warns the space agency, Saturn's rings are currently edge-on to the Earth.

They originate in space, high above a planet’s equator, and they loosely follow the path of its magnetic field. Earth, Jupiter and Saturn are all known to host chorus waves, but now, in a paper ...

The correct shades of the planets ... Space Telescope recently trained its sights on unusual and enigmatic Uranus, an ice giant that spins on its side. Webb captured this dynamic world with rings ...