Black holes are perhaps the most mysterious objects in nature. They warp space and time in extreme ways and contain...
Earth is not necessarily the best planet in the universe. Researchers have identified two dozen planets outside our solar system...
Astronomers have spotted something strange and oddly sad: a rogue planet floating freely, without a star. It’s an example of...
Astronomers have taken detailed observations of an incredibly extreme exoplanet, detecting brutal surface temperatures in the region of 3,200 degrees Celsius...
A top goal in cosmology is to precisely measure the total amount of matter in the universe, a daunting exercise...
Atomic Age For the first time, CNN reports, scientists say they’ve ascertained how radioactive the Moon is — a finding...
Outer Reaches A team of scientists says it’s spotted what might be the first-known exoplanet in an entirely different galaxy....
Cuffing Season There’s a mysterious object in space heading our way — and while it poses no threat to the...
Pi Earth A team of scientists at MIT say they’ve discovered a “Pi Earth” — an Earth-sized planet that orbits...
In a delightful alignment of astronomy and mathematics, scientists at MIT and elsewhere have discovered a “pi Earth”—an Earth-sized planet...
For the first time, a team of astronomers has detected a planet orbiting a white dwarf at a very close...
An orbit diagram for the near-Earth asteroid 2020 QU6, which made a close approach to Earth on Sept. 10, 2020....
