What methods can astronomers use to identify exoplanets orbiting within a young exoplanetary system’s disc of dust and gas ...

A team of international astronomers, including a University of Michigan doctoral student, were the first to publish the ...

The alien world orbits a dim, reddish ball of gas called a red dwarf star in the northern constellation Lyra. Scientists ...

NASA spotted something moving in one of the moons of Jupiter. Some natural satellites have similar structures to the Earth, and this one is very intriguing.

Two meteorites found in the Sahara in 2023 might be from Mercury, a study suggests, but doubts remain due to how little is known about the planet closest to the sun.

U-M astronomy is helping understand this fast, old and large comet that was born outside our galactic neighborhood This diagram shows the trajectory ...

WASP-121b, an already unusual planet, might have a remote origin that explains some of its peculiar properties—from iron rain ...

The annual competition for professional and amateur astrophotographers released its shortlisted images, which capture the ...

The Dreck Equation reveals the hidden layers of federal regulation—guidance, grants, contracts, antitrust, PPPs, IoT ...