"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

This video explores how scientists determine the ages of planets and which worlds formed first, based on planetary formation, ...

A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four ...

In March 2025, the International Astronomical Union recognised the discovery of a whopping 128 more moons orbiting around ...

Stargazers can see six planets all in one evening during the second month of the year, especially Mercury, which is usually ...

Researchers estimate that the planet has about a 50% chance of being in its star's Hoble zone.

The tallest cliff in the solar system is so extreme that even imagining standing on its edge is enough to make your stomach ...

Although Mercury was geologically active in its early days, today its surface appears almost completely static. This is why ...

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of stars are equally common. Physicists can now explain the dearth.

The atmospheric carbon dioxide was thought to be the result of the oxidation of oxygen molecules in the exosphere. As a consequence of this discovery, Rhea became the first Saturnian moon, and only ...

New simulations suggest Jupiter holds far more water than once thought, reshaping ideas about how the largest planet formed.

The discovery of catalytic RNA transformed our understanding of life's beginnings. Clare Sansom explores how the RNA world ...