F amous for its iconic pyramid and temples, the ancient Maya city of Tikal is no stranger to imperial conflict, having ...

Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new warm Jupiter ...

They also orbit near their stars, in many cases closer than Mercury is to the Sun. Our solar system, in contrast, appears to be different. “[Planetary scientists] have thought our solar system ...

A partial solar eclipse will be visible from North America on March 29, 2025. Here’s when, where and how to safely watch it ...

Sub-Neptune planets that are smaller than Neptune in size are the most common type of planet known to exist in the Milky Way, but they are absent from the solar system. They have atmospheres that ...

The HR 8799 system, a mere 30 million years old, is a cosmic youngster compared to our 4.6 billion-year-old solar system. Its planets, still radiating heat from their turbulent formation ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar system for the first time, scientists announced Monday. The gas giants are ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in exoplanets within the HR 8799 system, 130 light-years away. This ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a ...

Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced the launch of the "Spring Equinox 2025" operation at the Teotihuacan Archaeological Zone. Landmark Teotihuacan pyramids ...

Farther out – about 9.3 trillion miles away – sits the Oort Cloud, which some refer to as the outermost boundary of the Solar System. This region is believed to hold countless icy objects that still ...