Large and small planets are born from very different circumstances, according to data from NASA’s now-retired space telescope ...

The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or ...

Remote sensing technologies have revolutionized our understanding of terrestrial planets, moons, and other small bodies. With the resurgence of ...

The leading explanation for all of these mysteries is known as the giant impact hypothesis. According to this story, when the ...

Using the now-retired Kepler space telescope, astronomers have discovered that larger planets grow up in more turbulent homes ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

As humans, we’re curious about how we got here. When we look out at the night sky, we see stars and planets, even galaxies.