Over the last ten years, OPAL has observed Uranus' northern hemisphere, which has faced the inner solar system for the ...

An object up to dozens of times the mass of Jupiter flying through our solar system may have disrupted planetary orbits.

What if I told you our solar system had another mysterious planet? It’s not a terribly new concept, but as our telescopic technology gets better we’re finding more evidence that another planet might ...

New observations show that newly formed planets close to a star help shepherd dust and gas to create more planets farther out ...

At just over 4 light-years away, Proxima Centauri is home to an exoplanet that tantalizes astronomers with its potential. Could this be our next destination?

The orbits of the planets around the sun have been the source for many a scientific debate. Their current orbital properties ...

As winter approaches, we look at how seasons change, when the Earth will be closest to the sun, and other space events to ...

NASA and ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has been observing the outer planets through a program called OPAL (Outer Planet ...

Test your knowledge on our solar system, from the biggest and smallest planets to the behemoth mountain on Mars.

New radio astronomy observations of a planetary system in the process of forming show that once the first planets form close to the central star, these planets can help shepherd the material to form ...

Jane Huang, an assistant professor of astronomy, grew up in Chicago, but has no strong feelings on whether New York or her ...