Last fall, the scientific community went into a minor frenzy. A hunk of interstellar material had been sucked into the ...

This artist's concept visualizes a super-Neptune world orbiting a low-mass star near the center of our Milky Way galaxy.

Astronomers have officially announced the name of the largest structure in the known universe. It was reported earlier this ...

Galileo precedes today’s physicists by many generations, but his work underscores the interplay of intellect and observation ...

Earth orbits are generally described in terms of ... it orbited at an altitude of around 155 miles (250km), using an ion propulsion system to fire out charged particles behind the spacecraft.

Although the occurrence climaxed on Jan. 21 with a conjunction—close alignment—of Saturn and Mercury, the planetary parade ...

"We were very surprised to see that the same tiny plasma jets appear to be driving both the fast and the slow solar wind." ...

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

A newly discovered planet could change the search for life. Scientists have confirmed a super-Earth orbiting a nearby sun-like star. The planet, HD 20794 d, sits in the habitable zone. It could ...

Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space ...

The temporary belts, one of which still remains, were filled with high-energy electrons and protons and were found by a ...