Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant planets, suggests a new study.

"Temperamental" stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

A new study suggests that the explosive deaths of the universe's earliest stars created surprising quantities of water that ...

A planetary alignment happens when several planets appear in a line from Earth’s point of view. Mercury will join Venus, Mars ...

Launched in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope is a joint ESA/NASA project. It has become one of the most important science ...

The 'hot Neptune' planet, named LTT 9779b, is so scorching that its atmosphere should have evaporated, according to ...

A mysterious radio signal from a distant planet has sparked excitement among astronomers, hinting at the tantalizing ...

The planet 51 Pegasi b is a long way from Prior Lake, 48 light years (several billion miles) to be exact. It orbits a fifth magnitude star, similar to our Sun, in the constellation Pegasus. It was ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

Scientists using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission have made a groundbreaking discovery: a massive exoplanet ...

Our modern era of space observation and exploration deepens our connection with the universe—and with each other. When NASA ...