Only two of the more than 5,300 known exoplanets have so far provided evidence of moons in orbit around them....
For many years, scientists have predicted that many of the elements that are crucial ingredients for life, like sulfur and...
For many years, scientists have predicted that many of the elements that are crucial ingredients for life, like sulfur and...
A Dutch-led international team of astronomers has made the first two-dimensional inventory of ice in a planet-forming disk of dust...
As astrophysics technology and research continue to advance, one question persists: is there life elsewhere in the universe? The Milky...
Through analysis of high-resolution data from a 10-meter telescope in Hawaii, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have succeeded in...
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In a study led by University of Florida astronomer Adam Ginsburg, groundbreaking findings shed light on a mysterious dark region...
Scientists have discovered a rare sight in a nearby star system: Six planets orbiting their central star in a rhythmic...
China’s Zhurong rover was equipped with a ground-penetrating radar system, allowing it to peer beneath Mars’s surface. Researchers have announced...
Micrometeorites originating from icy celestial bodies in the outer solar system may be responsible for transporting nitrogen to the near-Earth...
The discovery of a planet that is far too massive for its sun is calling into question what was previously...