Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, known for its massive size, strong gravity, powerful storms and many moons ...

SANTA CRUZ — Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed ...

The Moon exerts a constant physical influence on Earth through gravity, light, and orbital interaction. Its mass shapes ocean ...

Far from the Sun, Uranus sits tipped on its side, carrying a magnetic system unlike any other planet’s. Its equator tilts about 97.

If you feel like you never have enough hours in the day to do everything you want to do, don't worry. You just have to wait ...

With sapphire waterfalls, lava rain and orbits around dead stars, these distant worlds push the limits of what’s possible.

Every planet in the solar system leans, some gently, some dramatically, and that tilt quietly shapes everything from our ...

Scientists from several institutions, including the University of Chicago, discovered a lemon-shaped planet with an atmosphere never observed before, orbiting a rapidly rotating neutron star.

Neptune’s supersonic winds and icy storms revealed a planet so extreme that it forever changed our picture of the solar system. The discovery of Neptune in 1846 was not just the triumph of mathematics ...

But on a smaller scale, three additional and mysteriously symmetrical jets become apparent in the Hubble observations, which ...

Jupiter comes to opposition (is directly opposite the sun) on January 10 and is at its best for 2026 this month. The “King of ...