The universe is full of spectacular sights, from aurora on Earth and Jupiter to the solar flares that cause them, to distant ...

With this new survey, astronomers have gained a peek inside a stage of exoplanet system formation they have yet to fully ...

With a sun more than 4.5 billion years old, our solar system is considered "middle-aged," and the pictures of what it might have looked like in its infancy are lost to time. Taking advantage of a ...

"We've often seen the 'baby pictures' of planets forming, but until now, the 'teenage years' have been a missing link." ...

NASA continues to capture amazing pictures from space. From detailed views of Mars to breathtaking perspectives of the Moon’s ...

Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, a team of astronomers led by the University of Rochester has detected gaps ringing the dusty disks around two very young stars, which suggests that gas-giant ...

Note to Photo Editors: A full-resolution image of the star and planet are available at: www.gemini.edu/sunstarplanet Astronomers have unveiled what is likely the ...

Lucky imaging utilizes high-frame-rate video capture to record brief moments of atmospheric clarity, mitigating the blurring effects of atmospheric turbulence. Software such as AutoStakkert! and ...

For centuries—and, frankly, until quite recently—astronomers were baffled by planet formation. They saw points of light in the sky moving in a neat, orderly fashion, but many crucial details about how ...