Nearby will be the Bull's brightest star, orange Aldebaran, fairly conspicuous in its own right, yet still shining only a ...

Studies of 15 M-type stars have revealed new insights into the potential presence of exoplanets. A new study led by ...

In a stellar nursery 460 light-years away, astronomers sharpened old ALMA data and spotted crisp rings and spirals swirling ...

Micrometeorites are thought to shower down on planets throughout the universe, so the discovery that they help protocells ...

Astronomers have discovered the first step in planet birth, finding hitherto unseen structures in 78 planetary disks in the ...

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...

If you looked at the churning clouds near Jupiter’s pole, they appear like ocean currents on Earth — as if you’re looking at ...

The question of whether Earth is alone in harboring life has captivated humanity for millennia. In recent years, scientists ...

Most disks observed were about 30 astronomical units wide, roughly 30 times the Earth-Sun distance. The presence of intricate structures in such early systems implies a parallel evolution of infant ...

Chaotic instabilities occur in hot Jupiter atmospheres as alkali metals heat up as a result of extreme temperature dynamics.

The Guardians of the Galaxy movies were full of exotic and alien planets that look cooler than anything we’ll ever have on ...

The search for life beyond our planet continues, and one of the most underappreciated tools in an astrobiologist's toolkit is ...