Most of the planets we’ve identified are in orbit around stars and formed from the disks of gas and dust that surrounded the ...

Their analysis showed that the planet lies about 3,000 parsecs, or just under 10,000 light-years, from Earth. Its mass is ...

Astronomers have finally pinned down the mass and distance of a lonely world that drifts through the galaxy without a parent ...

Astronomers have identified a giant planet circling a tiny red dwarf star at a distance so extreme that it sits about 690 ...

Jupiter, as always, is a dazzling object, shining among the stars of Gemini the Twins. It reaches opposition on Jan. 10; this ...

Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope detected an atmosphere rich with carbon and helium, which is unexpected on this hot planet ...

Pluto's icy mountains have caught the fancy of star gazers and cosmos geeks. But a question soon arose: "Is this made by AI?" ...

Astronomers have confirmed a giant planet orbiting a tightly bound pair of young stars, marking a first in direct exoplanet imaging. The planet, known as HD 143811 AB b, is the closest-in world ever ...

Astronomers photographed a baby planet, WISPIT 2b, during its formation process within a dusty ring around its star system.

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Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’ ...