Microbes high in Earth’s stratosphere produce pigments to protect them from UV light – so similar molecules could be ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket pierced the Wednesday morning sky as it launched three spacecraft from NASA and NOAA that will study the solar system’s “bubble,” collect information on ...

The first picture of a planet outside our solar system may actually depict a swirl of space dust, a new study suggests.

Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit ...

While there is no reason to panic, please be aware that a visitor born near a star other than our Sun is currently passing through our Solar System. This alien visitor has been wandering through space ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has caught the interest of astronomers and amateur enthusiasts alike as just the third object to enter our solar system.

Space scientists look back on three decades of exoplanet discoveries—from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with ...

Astronomers have discovered a significant “growth spurt” in a rogue planet outside of our solar system. The free-floating planet is currently consuming gas and dust from its surroundings at a rate of ...

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...