A Moon With No Sun Could Keep Water Liquid for 4.3 Billion Years, Scientists Say
AI-generated illustration of a rogue planet and its moon. A moon lost in interstellar darkness may still be…
A 171-Year-Old Planetary Mystery Just Took a Surprising Turn
70 Ophiuchi AB was first identified as a binary star system in the late 1700s by the German…
Astronomers Spot Possible Second-Generation Planet around Young White Dwarf
Planets are supposed to form alongside their stars, but new research suggests that planets may also be born…
Strange signal detected from planet outside our solar system for first time
Astronomers have detected a strange radio signal from a planet outside the solar system for the first time,…
Astronomers discover a water-rich exoplanet that will be swallowed by its star
The number of new exoplanets discovered continues to grow, particularly thanks to observations from various space telescopes. But…
Astronomers Discover Rare ‘Mega-Earth’ Exoplanet: Gliese 523b
Gliese 523b (GJ 523b) is a young, ultra-dense planet that orbits almost perpendicular to its star’s spin, according…
Dusty Accretion Disks around Supermassive Black Holes May Be Secret Planet Factories
Astronomers from New Mexico State University, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center and CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College propose…
Humanity May Soon Have the Technology To Reach Other Star Systems
Light sails can propel spacecraft using the energy of the Sun. Credit: NASA/Aero Animation/Ben Schweighart Tiny spacecraft riding…
Rocky Planets May Have Started Forming Just 100 Million Years after Big Bang
New simulations suggest supernova explosions of the Universe’s first stars scattered the ingredients for rocky planets only 100…
UK’s £3 Million Bet Could Help NASA Find Life on Nearby Planets
A conceptual design of the Habitable Worlds Observatory. Credit: NASA A £3 million investment could help secure a…
Astronomers Detect an Atmosphere on a Potentially Earth-Like World
In this artist’s concept, the exoplanet LHS 1140 b is shown in the foreground, surrounded by a helium-rich…
James Webb Telescope Discovers Hidden Giant Planet in Famous Star System
This artist’s concept shows the Beta Pictoris system with the discovered giant exoplanet Beta Pictoris d at the…