Scientists find supersonic winds, rocky rains on this lava exoplanet
Among the most extreme planets discovered beyond the edges of our solar system are lava planets:
Fiery hot worlds that circle so close to their...
Mysterious ‘Planet Nine’ may hide in dark corner of space
The search for Planet Nine — a hypothesized ninth planet in our solar system — may come down to pinpointing the faintest orbital trails...
How some massive stars become isolated in the universe
A pair of University of Michigan studies reveals how some massive stars--stars eight or more times the mass of our sun--become isolated in the...
Scientists find the birth locations of Saturn and Jupiter
An additional planet between Saturn and Uranus was kicked out of the Solar System in its infancy.
New work led by Carnegie's Matt Clement reveals...
This is the most detailed family portrait for black holes to date
Astronomers have produced the most detailed family portrait of black holes to date, offering new clues as to how black holes form.
Intense analysis of...
Tiny moon shadows may have hidden stores of ice, says study
Hidden pockets of water could be much more common on the surface of the moon than scientists once suspected, according to new research led...
Scientists unravel the mystery of unusual neutron star system
After more than two decades, an international research team has identified a galactic mystery source of gamma rays: a heavy neutron star with a...
Scientists enlist AI to search for ‘lethal’ baby star eruptions
Young stars – just like young humans – are prone to temper flares.
But star flares can incinerate everything around them, including the atmospheres of...
Stars and planets grow up together as siblings, says study
Astronomers have found compelling evidence that planets start to form while infant stars are still growing.
The high-resolution image obtained with the Atacama Large...
Some exoplanets could see Earth from far, far away
Three decades after Cornell astronomer Carl Sagan suggested that Voyager 1 snap Earth's picture from billions of miles away.
Now, two astronomers offer another unique...