NASA scientists have sought to understand planet Jupiter, the gas giant whose mass is more than the rest of the planets in ...

What's more, no exoplanets with emission spectra cooler than 275 K (1.85 °C; 35.33 °F) - comparable to Earth - have been ...

Recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have dramatically reshaped our understanding of a planet’s ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures asteroid Donaldjohanson, marking a new step in its mission to explore the solar system’s ...

"This study suggests that for every three stars, there is likely at least one super-Earth with a Jupiter-like orbital period, ...

An international team of astronomers has found that super-Earth exoplanets are far more common across the universe than once ...

By closely studying light anomalies caused by a newly discovered planet’s host star, and combining this information with a ...

In May 2020, astronomers observed a planetary engulfment for the first time that they believed was caused by a star expanding to become a red giant–swallowing an orbiting planet in the process.

Hubble is still going strong 35 years after it was launched into space. Celebrate its anniversary with some out-of-this-world images.

The boundless potential of astronomical discovery contrasts sharply with the backwardness and reaction promoted by Trump and ...