Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of ...

Mercury has long been cast as the solar system’s burnout case, a small rocky world that cooled quickly and then froze in ...

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

Skygazers, mark your calendars because one of the coolest celestial events is coming around again toward the end of February.

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

During February, we can't help but notice the later sunsets and earlier sunrises. We gain about 3 minutes of daylight each ...