Now, researchers at the University of Greifswald and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg, Germany, have shown that water tornadoes can also provide a surprisingly good analog ...

For lovers of newly identified space objects, July has indeed been an exciting month. Last week, astronomers described ...

The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

First Steps, a film where superheroes actually use intelligence to make the world a better place. Here's our review.

In a cosmic first, scientists watched planet-forming materials begin to solidify around a newborn star, offering a peek into ...

Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our understanding of how planets take shape — not only in our solar system, but ...

As more countries look to space, experts argue that it’s worth asking why we want to go at all, and who should lead the ...

Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new exoplanet ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a ...

Astronomers have discovered a "fossil" world lying in the outskirts of the solar system, according to new research.

(Web Desk) - Astronomers have discovered a new world circling the outer edges of our solar system. Researchers using the ...

Despite the powerful telescopes that modern astronomers have to work with, the distant reaches of the Solar System are still ...