Almost 10 years ago, a NASA spacecraft was able to take several photos of Pluto, known for decades as a planet before it was ...

Carbon dioxide has been detected on a planet outside our solar system for the first time. The gas has been observed directly by the James Webb Space Telescope on four exoplanets, all belonging to ...

A powerful new observatory is the best hope yet for finding the elusive Planet 9, a large planet that some scientists say is ...

The Hubble Space Telescope time-lapse captured footage of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Credit: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, ...

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

A new study modeled the chemistry of TOI-270 d, an exoplanet between Earth and Neptune in size, finding evidence that it could be a giant rocky planet shrouded in a thick, hot atmosphere. TOI-270 d is ...

A Southwest Research Institute-led study modeled the chemistry of TOI-270 d, an exoplanet between Earth and Neptune in size, ...

The most elusive planetary aurora in the Solar System has finally been revealed in all its gently glowing glory.

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The Bay Sages heard from the Delta Astronomical Society (DAS) during its monthly meeting on Thursday. DAS Newsletter Editor ...

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