"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...
Scientists have used data from NASA's retired planet-hunting space telescope 'Kepler' to discover that small and large worlds have very different upbringings. The team found that larger planets on ...
For now, it looks like NASA’s orange behemoth has a little life left in it. All the hardware for the Artemis II mission has ...
The ice-giant planet Uranus, which travels around the sun tipped on its side, is a weird and mysterious world. Now, in an ...
Enaiposha (GJ 1214 b), a super-hot exoplanet 47 light-years away, challenges scientists with its thick haze, metal-rich ...
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The primary mirror array will be 128 feet (39 meters) across, allowing it to gather more light and greater detail than any ...
On balconies and in backyards, Wi-Fi–enabled telescopes are connecting astronomy enthusiasts across six continents.
The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) telescope will be actively looking for traces of life on Earth-like planets in other ...