The exoplanet Enaiposha, or GJ 1214 b, is a hazy world orbiting a red dwarf star about 47 light-years from Earth. Previously likened to a mini-Neptune, in-depth observations obtained using JWST now ...

Astronomers have discovered a ... to exist on an orbiting planet without boiling away or freezing. And if there is liquid water, among other things, there may be life. Barnard b was discovered ...

The findings are the result of the ongoing studies performed by NASA’s Curiosity rover, which has been scouring the red ...

The discovery of two new planets beyond our solar system by a team of astronomers from The University of Warwick and the ...

NASA's groundbreaking new thruster could unlock interplanetary trave Distant planet twice Earth's size may be emitting gas ...

Even if Planet Nine is eventually found, the search for its secrets will lead still new, scientific discoveries, forcing us to remember the inexhaustible fund of unknown matters that exists beyond our ...

If you get the question in Trivial Pursuit “how many plantes are there in the Solar System?”, depending on when you went to school or how old the version is, there’s a fair chance of giving ...

In particular, a new study looks at what it would mean ... the outermost of five such planets discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft. It is located about 1,200 light-years (370 parsecs, or nearly ...

Tucked away in a star-forming region in the Taurus constellation, a pair of circling stars are displaying some unexpected ...

Such research contributes to the broader objective of identifying Earth-like planets within habitable zones, where conditions may be conducive to life. This discovery arrives at a pivotal moment.

Over the course of his life, he built more than 30 telescopes ... Not long after its discovery in 1781, the new planet Uranus was found to have strange movements that could only be attributed ...

Feb. 8, 2023 — Scientists have discovered a new ring system around a dwarf planet on the edge of the Solar System. The ring system orbits much further out than is typical for other ring systems ...