Far beyond the eight familiar planets in our solar system, countless bizarre and extreme worlds await discovery — and some ...

"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access ...

The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

The Solar System's first-of-its-kind finding may be a 90% water planet. Is the dwarf planet, Ceres, holding the possibility ...

HUNTING for aliens is now a little easier as scientists discover a new sign that gives away life on far-off planets.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in ...

The James Webb Space Telescope directly observed detected carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar system for the first ...

A NASA telescope was launched into space from California on Tuesday for a mission to explore the origins of the universe and ...

Mar. 11, 2025 — A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in ...

Spherex (the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) will survey ...

In research highlighted in a new paper, published today in The Astrophysical Journal, Scientia Senior Lecturer Ben Montet and PhD candidate Brendan McKee analysed changes in the timing of a known ...