A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.

For a few days starting this weekend, Saturn’s iconic rings will vanish from the Earth’s point of view. The phenomenon occurs every 15 years. Host Marco Werman speaks with Larry Esposito, a professor ...

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

Saturn’s iconic rings are dissolving due to “ring rain,” as icy particles spiral into the planet. Astronomers predict they ...

Gonggong is a dwarf planet and a member of the scattered disc beyond Neptune. As of 2019, its distance from the Sun is 88 AU, and it is the sixth-farthest known Solar System object.

Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

This scenario occurs every 13 to 15 years. Saturn's rings aligning in a perfect manner with our line of sights. This ...

Once its rings vanish from sight in March 2025, Saturn will look like a pale yellow sphere through most telescopes.

"We can see, for the first time, rings of dust surrounding protoplanets made visible by the bright starlight reflecting off ...

The Sun, the main source of light and energy, is the brightest object in our solar system, shining on and lighting up all other celestial bodies. Jupiter, the biggest planet in our solar system, ...

Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons ...

In 2023, Jupiter reclaimed the lead with 12 new moons. However, later that year, astronomers spotted an impressive 68 new ...