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

In 2022, the Webb telescope detected unequivocal evidence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet called ...

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

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...

Seismic readings of the interior of Mars strongly suggest large quantities of water buried 6 to 12 miles underground.

New research suggests that powerful star explosions, called supernovae, may have caused at least two mass extinctions in ...

The telescope will map the sky in 102 infrared colors, and the data it collects will shed light on the origins of the ...

NASA’s newest space telescope, SPHEREx, has successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, setting off on a ...

SPHEREx, NASA’s latest astrophysics observatory, has launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket alongside PUNCH, a mission studying solar wind. SPHEREx will create a 3D map of the universe, helping to uncover ...

The vernal equinox heralds the arrival of spring in the Northern Hemisphere (finally). But have you heard the myth about balancing an egg on its end?

Heads up, literally! The "blood moon" total lunar eclipse will awe stargazers this week. Here are the best times to watch in ...