An international team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) recently made a first-ever discovery when observing SDSS J110546.07+145202.4,...

Scientists have discovered that clouds on distant planets may be doing much more than blocking our view. New research suggests these clouds can trap heat...

The Orion Nebula is one of the brightest and most famous objects in the night sky. It can even be seen without a telescope, and...

Astronomers have discovered a rare giant planet outside our solar system that could help scientists better understand how large planets form and evolve. The newly...

Astronomers have made a surprising discovery inside the remains of a giant star that exploded about 1,600 years ago. They found newborn stars surrounded by...

Astronomers have taken a closer look at a giant planet called Beta Pictoris b, hoping to solve one of the biggest mysteries in planetary...

What do you do when a fireball lights up the sky and every camera meant to capture it comes up empty? Last spring, a bright...

An unusual visitor from deep space is helping scientists learn more about what the universe was like billions of years before our solar system...

When a massive star reaches the end of its life, it explodes in a powerful event called a supernova. These explosions are among the most...

A nearby planet that could potentially support life may be more Earth-like than scientists first believed. New observations suggest the planet, called GJ 3378b, is...

While studying planets beyond our Solar System (6,316 confirmed exoplanets and counting), scientists have discovered some very interesting systems. Consider TOI-201, a compact system populated...

In 2024, astronomers detected a rocky exoplanet, GJ 3378b, orbiting a red dwarf sun just 25 light-years from Earth in the direction of the...

The frosty gas giant was discovered in a system that also hosts a warm Jupiter. Of the more than 5,000 planets known to exist beyond...

About 66 million years ago a massive chunk of rock slammed into Earth in what is the modern-day Yucatan Peninsula. The impact extinguished about 75%...

For 24 hours a day, seven days a week since November 2000, NASA and its international partners have sustained a continuous human presence in...

In its first few months of operation, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is already proving that it was well worth the wait! To date,...

You’re a long-necked Titanosaurs grazing the plains and chomping away on tree leaves about 100 million years ago in the Early Cretaceous in what...