These budding celestial bodies, otherwise known as planetesimals, are thought to be the initial form of Earth and other planets in the ... in a statement. “This discovery reshapes our understanding of ...

The rover's 26th sample, known as "Silver Mountain," has textures "unlike anything we've seen before," NASA says.

While my job mainly consists of finding these unknown worlds, I’m now very enthusiastic to hear what other scientists can tell us about this newly discovered planet, particularly since it is ...

By tracing the corkscrew wobble of two stars as they move through the sky, the Gaia space mission has discovered one new giant "planet," plus a new brown dwarf.

James Webb Space Telescope captures HH 30’s disc, revealing dust movement, jets, and planetary formation processes.

Astronomers discovered the gas giant planet — dubbed a "hot Jupiter " — in 2016, but have continued to investigate this ...

Gaia-4b is considered a super-Jupiter planet, a relatively cold gas giant, orbiting its star over 570 Earth-days. That star ...

New research shows that star activity can distort exoplanet measurements, affecting size, temperature, and atmosphere ...

Scientists found that the inner core’s structure changes as it rotates. It deforms at its border, potentially accumulating more material in some areas and less in others — almost like creating hills ...

John Nowak photographed all 142 of the rescue dogs that are taking part in this year’s Puppy Bowl. It’s not as easy as it ...

Named 2024 YR4, the asteroid has a 2.2% chance of hitting our planet on December ... asteroid follows the pattern of other near-Earth asteroids after their discovery, the chances of impact will ...

We live in a golden age for space exploration. Scientists are gathering massive amounts of new information and scientific ...