A planet swings in front of its star, dimming the starlight we see. Events like these, called transits, provide us with ...

This video explores the key characteristics of each planet within our solar system. Suitable for teaching science at KS1 and ...

Jupiter" exoplanet called 2M1207b, precisely 20 years ago this week. This was the first direct visual confirmation of a world ...

Astronomers have found evidence of a process that supports an alternative, more rapid approach to planetary formation, more ...

New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: ...

The mini-moon, an asteroid called 2024 PT5, was spotted by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on Aug.

When approaching Earth, asteroids tend to do one of two things: Most of the time, they miss. Sometimes, they hit, leaving a ...

Learn about those who have explored space in the past and what they found out! Suitable for teaching science at KS1 and First ...

Our universe is always being explored, and a recent discovery was made about the catchily named exoplanet HD 189733 b. This ...

Scientists have used data from a long-retired NASA Dawn spacecraft to solve the mystery surrounding the origins of the ...

New proposed space missions, led by the University of Leicester, will study stellar impacts on planets and Earth’s ...

Brown, who is among the co-discoverers of Sedna, told the publication, “Some of our earlier hypotheses, before we realized ...