Using the now-retired Kepler space telescope, astronomers have discovered that larger planets grow up in more turbulent homes ...

These rather small planets are a stone's throw from Earth in galactic terms, but were too small for previous instruments to ...

The newly released Euclid images hint at the large-scale organization of galaxies in what is known as the cosmic web, ...

A quartet of small, rocky exoplanets likely circle Barnard's Star, around 6 billion light-years from Earth, putting them in ...

A "daytime star party" was held March 15 at St. Mary's County Library's Lexington Park branch. The two-hour presentation was ...

The European Space Agency has released its first tranche of data from the Euclid space telescope's mission to map the ...

When I get stressed, I look into the night sky and allow my mind to roam the infinity of space and time. It helps to get your ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new study.

Barnard's Star is a small, dim star of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the ...

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

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

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