These icy bodies orbit the sun just like the major planets, yet they follow their own rules, often traveling along elongated ...

The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing ...

Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.

Which way is ‘down’ has a different answer depending on where you are on Earth, in the solar system, in our galaxy and beyond ...

Excellent question. Astronomers are often faced with seeking information about objects they cannot visit to examine. Instead, they use mathematical laws and observation to determine the ...

Challenging long-held assumptions, Aarhus University researchers have demonstrated that the protein building blocks essential for life as we know it can form readily in space. This discovery, ...

Finding‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ planets that are outside our solar system, called exoplanets, has changed the way we see the cosmos and our place in it. These faraway planets are extremely hard to find because they ...

New research suggests that essential components of life may assemble in interstellar space long before planets or oceans ...

A sizzling exoplanet caught by the James Webb Space Telescope is shedding its atmosphere and leaving behind two gigantic helium tails.

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 ...