The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.

Join me as I take my kindergarten students on a fun and interactive classroom spacewalk! We explore the solar system, meet ...

Solar system is a collection of various celestial bodies that are held together by the gravitational pull of the sun. Our ...

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...

Portal’s heat exchanger thruster, known as Flare, fires up during a test in a vacuum chamber. (Portal Space Systems Photo) Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems says it has successfully tested its ...

A comet traveling outside the solar system and heading toward the Earth is much larger than scientists first believed, a scientist has detailed in a new report. Avi Loeb claims the comet could even be ...

Solar installers set up an array on the roof of One Hope Community Church in Hunting Park. (Courtesy of Allen Drew) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and solutions ...

We’ve all seen this happen in a science-fiction movie: our plucky heroes jump into their ramshackle spaceship and escape the bad guys by flying through the treacherous asteroid belt, where huge rocks ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has confirmed an interstellar object is passing through our solar system. The object is a comet hailing from the direction of the constellation ...

More than 2 billion kilometers farther from the sun than Pluto, a frigid world named Makemake sports the most distant gas ever seen in our solar system, new observations reveal. “By surprise, we found ...

Solar panels are photographed at LG&E and KU's Renewable Integration Research Facility at the E.W. Brown Generating Station in Mercer County, Ky. Paducah is getting its first solar facility. AES ...