Using clever light-detecting techniques, ExTrA searches red dwarf stars for planets that might support life. By studying tiny ...

Does our Solar System have 9 planets or only 8? Astronomers have gone back and forth on that a lot, with Pluto now being classified as a dwarf planet. However, out beyond Neptune there could be ...

Scientists have been unable to determine whether the dwarf planet’s organics were produced by its own chemical processes or ...

JWST captures HH 30’s dense disk with bright jets and dust grains Microscopic dust plays a key role in planetary formation in HH 30 High-speed jet activity and spiral structures observed in the disk ...

Pluto isn't alone—it's part of the Kuiper Belt with possibly hundreds of other planet-sized objects. Because Pluto hasn't achieved gravitational dominance in its region, the International Astronomical ...

Native wombats and invasive rabbits are important to Australian ecosystems, but how do you work out where they live? That’s ...

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

Scientists using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have made a groundbreaking discovery: a massive exoplanet ...

Five of the brightest planets will be visible to the naked eye. With help, you may even spot Uranus and Neptune.

Scientists also discovered a second planet, a brown dwarf orbiting another low-mass star. Gaia-5b orbits the Gaia-5 star, around 134 light-years away from Earth.

Data from the Gaia spacecraft shows that even unassuming stars can host monumental companions like massive planets.

SXSW's full lineup for the 2025 Film and TV Festival includes the Blake Lively film "Another Simple Favor," Seth Rogen's ...