The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every ...

Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, ...

A new study led by University College London (UCL) researchers suggests that unpredictable stars could be distorting our ...

A rocky planet less than half the mass of Earth seems to have an atmosphere made almost entirely of sulphur dioxide – this ...

Five of the Democratic candidates in New York City’s mayoral race committed at a forum Thursday night to shut down a ...

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 ...

Gaia-4b is considered a super-Jupiter planet, a relatively cold gas giant, orbiting its star over 570 Earth-days. That star ...

An instrument created by a team at the University of New Hampshire was recently installed onto a spacecraft that is preparing ...

"The climate of this planet is extreme and nothing like that of Earth. The planet's dayside is so hot that elements typically ...

Helium can help scientists detect the speed and direction at which we’re moving through space. Deuterium, which is left over ...

Staring up at the night sky, you might see thousands of stars sprinkled above the horizon. It feels as though you can see so ...