Wausau Pilot & Review Jupiter steals the show this week as the solar system’s largest planet reaches opposition, shining ...

Scientists have uncovered a new explanation for how swimming bacteria change direction, providing fresh insight into one of ...

Among the first finds from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the discovery hints at a population of exceptionally strong ...

The solar system’s largest planet shines bright as the Moon wanes and Saturn’s moons dance in the sky this week.

How does a star affect the makeup of its planets? And what does this mean for the habitability of distant worlds? Carnegie's ...

Two separate research teams have observed a previously unseen microlensing event, confirming the existence of a particular ...

Jupiter.... Uranus.... Saturn... Earth? Sadly, Earth didn't make it onto the list of the Solar System's ringed planets. If it ...

Planetary alignments, a total lunar eclipse, and meteor showers are highlights to look for in the coming year.

Three supermoons will lighten up the night skies in 2026, the stunning result when a full moon inches closer to Earth than ...

Most of the planets we’ve identified are in orbit around stars and formed from the disks of gas and dust that surrounded the ...

From Earth, Saturn’s rings look like a razor – tens of thousands of kilometers wide yet only about 10 meters thick in the vertical direction. That knife-edge geometry is a big part of their drama. But ...

NASA’s Cassini space probe orbited Saturn for 13 years, when, with its mission complete, it entered a controlled descent, burning up in the ringed planet’s atmosphere. Before its fiery demise, however ...