Why it's so special: This James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) image has helped astronomers untangle a long-standing mystery about how planets form. The mystery arose more than 20 years ago ...

The rocks in Perseverance's current area are believed to have been thrust up to the Red Planet surface from deep ... on the Red Planet today. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket ...

One is that the divide was caused by some unknown process within the planet's interior. The other is that a massive collision with a moon-size object or multiple smaller space rocks reshaped the ...

An international team of scientists has confirmed the discovery of exoplanet HD 20794 d, which potentially could support life ...

There are eight planets in the solar system, and each travels on its own path around the sun. But of these planets, which is nearest to the sun? Mercury is a strange little world. There are some ...

Royal Astronomy Society This week sees a special event for stargazers, as there will be a planet parade in the skies. Four planets plus the moon will be visible in a line, making this a great ...

Planets have different levels of magnitude (brightness) when viewed from Earth. The lower (or more negative) the magnitude, the brighter the object. The sun is the brightest object in this graphic, so ...

Email Greg your space questions and he might answer them in the next edition. Each month, WTOP is showcasing the best the sky has to offer stargazers regarding the moon, planets and stars.

Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and Saturn will appear in a row on the evening of 28 February, marking the last time for 15 years that all of the planets will be visible at the same ...

Earth,” dubbed HD 20794 d, boasts a mass six times that of our planet and resides within the star’s “habitable zone.” The ...

"The nightmare world of HD 189733 b is the killer you never see coming" Nasa explained. "To the human eye, this far-off planet looks bright blue. "But any space traveler confusing it with the ...