"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...

Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

An international team of researchers has discovered a super-Earth that will allow astronomers to test new hypotheses in the ...

Two space missions reached their conclusion: one with a splashdown, the other with a quiet lunar death. And thrilling new ...

Astronomers have made an exciting breakthrough by discovering four sub-Earth exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our closest ...

Astronomers have discovered not one, but four tiny planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our cosmic neighbor. These planets, each ...

The Discovery Telescope, operated by workers at the Lowell Observatory, is instrumental in tracking asteroids, eco-planets ...