The boundless potential of astronomical discovery contrasts sharply with the backwardness and reaction promoted by Trump and ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new ... Webb Telescope Captures Its ...

The planet orbits its host star in just 30.5 hours, losing a mass of material roughly equal to Mount Everest each time ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star ...

The planet is "crumbling to pieces," shedding the equivalent of Mount Everest’s mass every 30.5-hour orbit and will be ...

In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast ...

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they ...

Study suggests Earth-like exoplanets may be common, based on microlensing data revealing super-Earths with distant orbits.

If you thought planets only circled stars in neat, flat disks, think again. Scientists have uncovered compelling evidence for ...

How can we successfully collect and return samples from Mercury and Venus to Earth? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference hopes to address as a pair ...