Just 30 years ago, astronomers could not say with total certainty that other stars were accompanied by planets. But thanks to the exoplanet revolution, we now know of 535 times more planets outside ...

Scientists have finally confirmed a powerful coronal mass ejection from another star, using LOFAR radio data paired with ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar ...

The communication advises prompt observation of multiple planets visible in the current evening sky. Mars is identified as the highest-altitude planet in this configuration, commonly referred to as ...

CONFIDENCE IN HAPPENING YESTERDAY. NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY ASTRONOMER RECENTLY SAW SOMETHING UNUSUAL DURING HIS RESEARCH OF SPACE, AND IT COULD HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW PLANETS FORM. VLADIMIR LYRA ...

Is the race to build data centres in space a planet-saver or pie in the sky? - Chris Stokel-Walker asks if off-planet data ...

Sagnick Mukherjee will receive his Ph.D. in astronomy and astrophysics from UC Santa Cruz this spring. He is expected to begin his fellowship at Arizona State University in September 2025. (Photo by ...

We all need some space sometimes—but it's harder to find than you might think. How far into our universe do we have to go to reach somewhere truly empty? Our first stop is the International Space ...

This content was originally published on Space. A massive doomed exoplanet on a death spiral toward its parent star has three possible catastrophic fates. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

About 4.6 billion years ago, a celestial cloud collapsed, paving the way for our solar system to form. Then, a nebula with strong gravitational pull took shape, kick-starting the birth of the sun. But ...

Astronomers revealed Wednesday they have detected a storm on a star other than our Sun for the first time, discovering an explosion so violent it could have stripped away the atmosphere of any planets ...