"We really needed the sensitivity of JWST. We also needed the 100 times magnification from gravitational lensing from a ...

Cutting-edge simulations show that Enceladus’ plumes are losing 20–40% less mass than earlier estimates suggested. The new ...

In the 17th century, astronomers Christiaan Huygens and Giovanni Cassini pointed some of the earliest telescopes at Saturn and made a surprising ...

It's 'spoke season' on Saturn when strange features appear in the planet's rings. The Hubble Space Telescope continues to ...

JWST has detected rare silane gas in an ancient, oxygen-poor brown dwarf, revealing a key clue to why Jupiter and Saturn hide ...

Researchers at KRISS observed water’s rapid freeze–melt cycles under ultrahigh pressure and discovered Ice XXI, the first new ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS recently emerged from behind the glare of the sun to become visible to ground-based telescopes.

You’ve got a great chance to see the planet George this week in our skies, as it has a very close celestial hug with the best ...

It's been one Neptunian year—or about 165 Earth years—since astronomers first observed the most distant planet from the sun.

Columnist John Breunig fills a time capsule with moments from the opening of the Stamford Museum & Nature Center's new ...