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February 2026 is not loud, but it is dense. Many will feel it before they can explain it. The heaviness comes from accumulation of pressure, not from .

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

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

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

Jupiter’s swirling storms have concealed its true makeup for centuries, but a new model is finally peeling back the clouds.

A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the origins of the chemistry of life.

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.

Using data collected by NASA's Parker Solar Probe during its closest approach to the sun, a University of Arizona-led ...

The candidate planet, known as HD 137010 b, orbits a sun-like star and is estimated to be slightly larger than Earth ...

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