Tianwen, which means "questions to heaven," is the name given to China's program of robotic Solar System exploration. Tianwen ...

A new telescope project called the Next-Generation Very Large Array will revolutionize radio astronomy if it gets the funding ...

State lawmakers are getting closer to a vote on a bill that would, once again, change the way owners of rooftop solar power ...

Astronomers have just discovered a new celestial body in our solar system that could challenge major space theory. 2017 OF201 ...

A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.

Astronomers find evidence of a possible ninth planet beyond Neptune, reigniting the debate about the formation of the Solar ...

Jupiter, the largest planet orbiting the sun, used to be much bigger and stronger when the solar system was just beginning to ...

The object is about 700 kilometres wide and lies nearly three times farther from Earth than Neptune. Its highly elongated ...

The plains house the aptly named Very Large Array (VLA)—a radio telescope made of 27 different antennas, each of which looks ...

A recent study found that Jupiter was once twice the size that it is now, making it big enough to swallow up 2,000 Earths.

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new ... Webb Telescope Captures Its ...