At 6 light-years from Earth, a discovery is shaking up astronomy. A new planet, Barnard b, has been detected orbiting a red ...

An international team of researchers discovered a new specimen called Quaestio simpsonorum—a pancake-shaped creature that ...

By analyzing the movements of a mysterious cloud of sodium moving around the planet WASP-49 b, the team was able to construct ...

A steam-shrouded planet unlike any we’ve seen before has been detected nearly 100 light years away. The planet, known as GJ ...

A dwarf planet hiding right in the middle of our solar system could be a surprising source of frozen water, astronomers ...

"Detecting an exomoon would be quite extraordinary, and because of Io, we know that a volcanic exomoon is possible." ...

“Even with JWST’s early observations in 2022, researchers were discovering new insights into ... the Hubble space telescope found hints of water vapor in the planet’s atmosphere.

WHAT looks like a grisly, sun-scorched human face has been found half-buried in the sand on Mars by Nasa’s Perseverance rover. An image taken by the rover in September shows a sandy face ...

Stargazers may have an opportunity to catch a glimpse of two newly discovered comets zipping across the night sky in October, ...

Doctoral student leads research on planets that pass through the habitable zone during part of their orbits. Are there ...

It is a major goal of astronomical research to find planets other than Earth that might be suitable for sustaining life.