NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will transform our view of the cosmos like never before. The science behind it is under threat - ...

A newly analyzed planetary system spotted by NASA’s TESS mission is challenging long-standing assumptions about how planets ...

Scientists have discovered unexpected water-ice clouds on a distant, Jupiter-like exoplanet, challenging current atmospheric ...

In general, anything larger than 13 times the mass of Jupiter has been deemed a brown dwarf, as these objects should be able ...

Astronomers have long been puzzled by a cosmic mystery: planets orbiting two stars—like Star Wars’ Tatooine—are surprisingly rare, even though they should be common. New research suggests the culprit ...

I’m a planetary scientist who was born the year of Sputnik’s launch. Over the course of my 40-year career, I’ve witnessed not one but at least five separate revolutions that fundamentally transformed ...

Astronomers at The University of New Mexico have published new research confirming three bodies orbiting the dynamic ...

An image of Pluto taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft on July 13, 2015. The planet was first discovered by Clyde Tombaugh, who graduated from high school in rural Kansas and went on to earn his ...

Six planets are hanging out in the sky this month in what’s known as a planetary parade. Catch the spectacle while you can because it’s the last one of the year. These linkups happen when several ...

Unfortunately for science fiction fans, desert worlds outside our solar system are unlikely to host life, according to new ...