Astronomers have mapped, for the first time, the three-dimensional structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, revealing ...

The controversy endures over Pluto's true status, but the solar system underdog continues to capture hearts across the globe.

Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930 at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Here's how Pluto won - and lost - its planetary status.

Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury will be visible in an uncommon planetary alignment this month.

Pluto may not be a planet any more, but you still have a chance to see the distant dwarf planet at one of Michigan's ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the solar system, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...

The gas giant WASP 121b, also known as Tylos, has an atmospheric structure unlike any we have ever seen, and the fastest ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.

“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...

Feb. 18 marks the 95th anniversary of the discovery of our outermost planet-not-planet. Here's what to know about the short ...

Interplanetary contamination risks from space missions and strategies to mitigate them, including the importance of ...