A new study released on Thursday describes a search for what are called "microlensing" events, where a planet acts as a ...

Astronomers have discovered that super-Earth exoplanets are more common across the universe than previously thought. While it can be relatively easy to locate worlds that orbit close to their star, ...

"This measurement of the planet population from planets somewhat larger than Earth all the way to the size of Jupiter and ...

"The extent of the tail is gargantuan, stretching up to 9 million kilometers [5.6 million miles] long," said MIT astronomer ...

Channel 2’s Berndt Petersen got a look at how some middle schoolers learned how to protect the planet. At Ralph J. Bunche ...

A planet 140 light-years from Earth is rapidly coming apart due to its close proximity to its star. The roasting planet is effectively evaporating away: It sheds an enormous amount of surface minerals ...

A camera affixed to the International Space Station recently spotted some curious symbols amid a barren desert landscape.

This year’s Breaking Bread event will focus on how decisions that are being made in Washington will affect the Staunton, ...

The Webb telescope has spotted exoplanets circling white dwarf stars, proving that planets can survive their star’s violent ...

A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence ...

Stars were extremely significant to the inhabitants of Middle-earth in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings novel, especially the Elves.

from our own planet. When it was proposed about a decade ago, the HabEx was imagined as being capable of staying on the job for a minimum of five years. Aside from directly targeting Earth-like ...