Rocky planets like our Earth may be far more common than previously thought, according to new research published in the ...
Even the best telescopes can’t see exoplanets. It’s all about watching for jiggly stars, blue shifts, and transits.
The Environmental Outlook report calls for comprehensive changes across five critical sectors: economy and finance, materials and waste, energy, food systems, and the environment ...
Astronomers have mapped the turbulent edge of the Sun where solar matter manages to escape the Sun's fierce magnetic grip.
Working through years’ worth of data from an old observational campaign, a team of astronomers have directly imaged a new ...
Mars Express has found a unique butterfly-shaped crater on Mars. This formation resulted from a space rock hitting at a low ...
The discovery of two remarkable substellar companions orbiting distant stars has been announced by an international team of ...
Recently, Pune researchers found a spiral galaxy similar to the Milky Way from the early universe. What is the striking ...
New videos of interstellar comet 3I ATLAS have ignited public interest. Online discussions suggest the comet might be rotating, with some users sharin ...
Planet hunters have grown used to strange worlds, but a handful of discoveries now point to something even more radical: giant planets that loop around their stars on orbits so skewed they almost defy ...
The Moon formed from a giant impact of the proto-Earth with the ancient protoplanet Theia. In a new study, a team of scientists from the United States, Germany, France and China measured iron isotopes ...
Scientists are striving to understand the conditions that make life possible on other planets. Simply identifying why some planets are wet and others are dry could go a long way toward narrowing down ...