NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has been used to discover Earth-size planet TOI 700 e. It is "orbiting within the habitable zone of its star – the range of distances where ...

Foreshadowing the great reflecting telescopes of the last century and a half, Lord Rosse managed in 1845 to erect a mighty ...

The team found a planet 1.3 times the size of Jupiter, which orbits around a so-called M dwarf – a relatively small and cool star – once every 4,170 days.

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

Astronomers have discovered a world outside the solar system about 240 light-years away in space that is a freak of nature. Somehow, a little red dwarf star only one-fifth the size of the sun gave ...

For the first time since its launch on Christmas Day 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new exoplanet, TWA 7 b, in the debris disk of a young star.

Planet Earth Final photo from iconic US satellite shows how Las Vegas has 'doubled' in size over the last 25 years — Earth from space Features By Harry Baker published 24 June 2025 ...

Herbert was haunted by the specter of unstoppable dunes. In Dune, he imagined a desert that swallowed an entire planet—an ...