Data from the Kepler project has confirmed a new world that fulfills the telescope's goal of locating Earth-sized planets ...

In a blow to anyone dreaming that complex life may exist elsewhere in the universe, a new study suggests we're unlikely to ...

"The combination of extreme disk size, strong asymmetries, winds, and potential planet formation makes it the perfect ...

A new study reveals a rare-breaking white dwarf star, dubbed RXJ0528+2838, that is somehow generating a rainbow-like "bow ...

Researchers have spotted a large cloud of iron atoms in the shape of a bar. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Space is so vast that even our largest creations barely register. When you place rockets, space stations, and asteroids next ...

Planets travel alone in space, without a parent star. These wandering worlds, far from being rare, might even be extremely common, offering a new and unprecedented view of our galaxy. To detect these ...

Pluto's days, though they drag on a bit at around 153 hours, are nothing compared to its years. Pluto's orbit takes 248 Earth ...

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...

At the beginning of the exoplanet age, the goals were fairly simple. The first was to find as many of them as possible to ...

"We found something never seen before and, more importantly, entirely unexpected," team leader Simone Scaringi of Durham ...

Among the most prevalent stars in our galaxy are red dwarfs, M-dwarf stars that are smaller and cooler than our Sun. The ...