Research led by an Indiana University astronomer challenges longstanding beliefs about the isolation of “hot Jupiters” and proposes a new...
A scorching hot world where metal clouds rain drops of titanium is the most reflective planet ever observed outside of...
A gas giant exoplanet with the density of a marshmallow has been detected in orbit around a cool red dwarf...
‘Hidden’ stars including a new type of elderly giant nicknamed ‘old smoker’ have been spotted for the first time by...
A rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun cuts across the Americas on Saturday, stretching from Oregon to Brazil,...
Curtin University-led research into the durability and age of an ancient asteroid made of rocky rubble and dust, revealed significant...
The asteroid is flying through space in the grainy black and white video, when suddenly a massive cloud of debris...
Kneeling on the edge of a deep crater, astronaut Alexander Gerst uses a chisel to collect a sample of volcanic...
The chances have plummeted that a newly-discovered asteroid with the potential to wipe out a city will hit Earth on...
First came the darkening skies, then the crescent-shaped shadows on the ground, and finally an eruption of cheers by crowds...
Tens of millions in the Americas will have front-row seats for Saturday’s rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun....
Scientists have made a new discovery on how small planets might form. Researchers at the University of Warwick investigated the...