Auroras are not just on Earth. NASA has detected glowing northern and southern lights on Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and other ...

A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four ...

Based on their models, the UZH astrophysicists concluded that the interiors of Uranus and Neptune could have a wide range of ...

At the heart of giant planets like Uranus and Neptune, water has astonishing properties, in a state called superionic.

A rare discovery beyond Neptune is forcing scientists to rethink early solar system dynamics and the forces that shaped distant worlds.

TEMPE, Ariz. a Quick: What’s the order of the planets in the solar system? Need a little help? Maybe the following mnemonic rings a bell: “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Up Nine Pizzas.” It’s ...

When people speak of the northern lights, they are typically referring to Earth’s spectacular display of aurora borealis: ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course. When ...