On a small dwarf planet called Makemake, astronomers have seen signs of surprising temperature changes. These could indicate ...

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the ...

Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy ...

Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, holds some of the solar system’s most intriguing mysteries. Among its 28 known moons ...

A distant white dwarf hosts an Earth-like planet in an orbit that might be similar to Earth’s if it survives the Sun’s red giant phase.

The planet Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. There’s nothing to walk ...

"The Hubble and Webb observations together provide so much more detail that they are telling us something completely new ...

Our ability to detect planets outside our Solar System is becoming more refined. Thus, astrophysicists can now detect exoplanets still nestled within the dust cloud that witnessed their birth, right ...

This week, see how new telescopes may reshape how astronomers view the cosmos, discover forgotten medieval cities, learn ...

Illustration of the very close orbits of the three stars in the TIC 290061484 system. If they were at the center of our Solar System ... fact that their orbits are almost coplanar. However, no planet ...

"We have no way to determine how different exoplanets really look in detail yet, and this makes them a rich space for creativity." As shocking as it sounds today, prior to the 1990s, scientists ...

So the brown dwarf that three decades ago was named Gliese 229B is now recognized as Gliese 229Ba, with a mass 38 times greater than our solar system's largest planet Jupiter, and Gliese 229Bb ...