The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.

A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.

Carbon dioxide has been detected on a planet outside our solar system for the first time. The gas has been observed directly by the James Webb Space Telescope on four exoplanets, all belonging to ...

According to NASA, the partial eclipse will be visible in parts of the Northeastern United States, along with other parts of ...

The moon slipped between the Earth and the sun on Saturday, casting a shadow on our planet in parts of the United States, ...

Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but are unlike any in our own solar system. The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — 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 ...

Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...

The next partial solar eclipse is expected to occur on September 21 and be visible in the Southern Hemisphere. Those viewing ...

For comparison, a given location on Earth experiences a total solar eclipse only once every 360 years, on average. A wide variety of conjunctions and configurations involving the planets occur ...

Our current view of Saturn means we're looking at the gas giant's famous rings edge on, making it impossible for telescopes on Earth to see them. This phenomenon is called a "ring plane crossing ...

While the sight will appear different than the sensational April 2024 total solar eclipse, it doesn't mean it'll be any less spectacular. Here's what to know about the upcoming partial solar ...