Fantasizing about interplanetary exploration is a fun mental exercise, but the harsh realities of life (or lack thereof) in ...

The mystery of whether TRAPPIST-1e has an atmosphere capable of hosting life continues. Discover more about it.

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaiʻi have discovered a massive planet and a brown dwarf orbiting distant stars.

Using a powerful combination of space-based measurements and Subaru’s advanced imaging, astronomers have discovered two rare companions, one of which enables a key test for NASA’s Roman Space ...

SPHERE’s detailed images of dusty rings around young stars offer a rare glimpse into the hidden machinery of planet formation ...

A network of powerful ground-based telescopes captured rare starspot-crossing events on TOI-3884b, revealing cooler patches ...

Still, science being science, we needed proof—and we got it in 1992, when two astronomers found two planets orbiting a pulsar ...

Using the JWST, an international team featuring UNIGE scientists has detected enormous clouds of helium streaming away from ...

Scorching planets that should be bone-dry may actually create their own water deep inside, forging oceans through molten rock ...

If you’ve seen any of the “Ice Age” animated Disney movies, we have some bad news: You don’t know the real ice age.

Stars form in massive clouds of gas called molecular clouds. As they form, they accrete gas from these clouds, and as the ...