An idea that calls for the creation of inflatable starshades for telescopes has been recognized by NASA as part of the ...

Florida Tech's Caldon Whyte is two years into a lengthy universe exploration to earn his Ph.D. in space sciences. After ...

Life could have the time and energy to arise and prosper on Earth-like worlds in the rapidly shrinking "Goldilocks zones" ...

The four planets each travel in nearly perfectly circular orbits around Barnard’s star – all at less than the distance of ...

The search for habitable planets has taken a leap forward with new space telescopes probing exoplanet atmospheres for life.

Scientists found a bizarre new planet named Enaiposha, unlike any in our solar system. Learn why it's a mystery and how it’s ...

Barnard's Star is a small, dim star of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the ...

Scientists have discovered a new planet, Enaiposha, that defies existing planetary classifications. Found 47 light-years away ...

Planets can be extremely hot when they are born, and new computational experiments show that such planets would have an atmosphere composed of a homogenous mixture of hydrogen and water. As the ...

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...