The discovery of salty mineral evaporites on Ryugu indicates that watery environments may have been widespread in the early ...

Each of the planets, labeled b, c, d, and e, has a mass between 20% and 30% of Earth's, making them among the smallest yet ...

Indian scientists discover TOI-6038A b, a giant exoplanet 78 times Earth's mass. This sub-Saturn world orbits a binary star, ...

Earth might be the only planet with tectonic plates, but it is not the only one with quakes because quakes can be caused by a ...

A new study challenges traditional models of how planets form. A new analysis of existing data suggests that exoplanets with masses comparable to Jupiter may have formed significantly earlier than ...

Astronomers are interested in how this tilt affects the atmosphere of Uranus, as well as how the atmosphere works there in ...

We often focus on space observatories that peer beyond Earth. But the vast majority of satellites stare right back at us.

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

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Decades of constant X-ray emission from the Helix Nebula’s white dwarf suggest debris from a Jupiter-sized planet steadily rains upon the star.

Astronomers used ALMA to observe Proxima Centauri and found frequent, intense flares that could destroy atmospheres of nearby ...

Ellipses are defined as curves that surround two focal points. At any point on the ellipse, the sum of the distance to both ...