SPHERE’s detailed images of dusty rings around young stars offer a rare glimpse into the hidden machinery of planet formation ...

New high-contrast images from SPHERE show a stunning variety of debris disks shaped by collisions of tiny planet-building ...

A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and the NCCR PlanetS is challenging our understanding of the Solar System planets interior. The ...

Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention ...

The RISTRETTO project, dedicated to observing Proxima b –the closest exoplanet to the Solar System — is reaching a new ...

Observations with the instrument SPHERE at ESO's Very Large Telescope have produced an unprecedented gallery of "debris disks" in exoplanetary systems.

More research is needed before scientists can determine whether the recently observed methane signatures point to the presence of an atmosphere or are simply the result of contamination from the host ...

Mars orbiters have given astronomers an unexpected new vantage point on 3I/ATLAS, sharply tightening estimates of the ...

While Mercury is the innermost planet in the Solar System, on average it spends more time closer to Earth than Venus does.

The fumes coming through the walls of Neskantaga First Nation's nursing station warned of a crisis with a familiar smell.

Three of the nation’s largest carbon-free projects are being completed in a region whose progressive political leaders are ...

CT leadership has not stood up for major provisions in Gov. Ned Lamont's executive order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.