A 3D map of planet WASP-18b reveals extreme heat zones and broken water vapor in its atmosphere for the first time.

One of those ground-based telescopes is the Rubin Observatory, named after famed astronomer Vera Rubin. Unlike other ...

A global team observed a massive plasma burst from EK Draconis, showing how early solar storms may have shaped young planets.

Currently presenting a faint magnitude of 14.7, Comet 3I/ATLAS is so distant that its light requires nearly 19 minutes to ...

Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars. A new study reveals that high-pressure reactions between ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope produced the first 3D atmospheric map of exoplanet WASP-18b, an ultra-hot Jupiter 400 light-years away.

Jupiter will reach its highest point in the sky around dawn, when, from mid-northern latitudes, it will appear about 20 ...

JAXA’s Akatsuki spacecraft, launched in 2010, has officially ended its mission after more than a decade studying Venus’s ...

The Smithsonian is one of the world’s foremost research centers in science, the arts, and the humanities. In addition to ...