Astronomers have found a distant world that challenges planetary formation theory, with a rocky planet where gas giants should be.

A global team of astronomers, led by the University of Warwick, have used a European Space Agency (ESA) telescope to discover ...

A small red dwarf star in the Milky Way has drawn attention after astronomers mapped four closely orbiting planets around it.

With this new survey, astronomers have gained a peek inside a stage of exoplanet system formation they have yet to fully ...

The discovery provides new insights into the question, 'how large can a planet be?' An illustration of the HR 8799 system with three of its gas ...

HELSINKI — China has published coordinated papers outlining dual missions to the solar system’s edge, suggesting the long-studied project is nearing formal approval. A lead paper on the design and key ...

For more than a decade, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division has invested in regional schools through STEM events, ...

Discoveries can come from the most unlikely places — at least, that's what one high schooler found out, after finding nearly 1.5 million new objects in space.

The planets in our solar system grew out of a disk of material that swirled around our Sun. Inner rocky planets formed as tiny grains stuck together ...

The weather may be wintery, but for some in Haywood County, it's all about sunshine — at least it is for the folks who opted to install solar panels in 2025. The county and the region as a ...

Free-floating planets, or as they are more commonly known, rogue planets, wander interstellar space completely alone. Saying there might be a lot of them is a bit of an understatement. Recent ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The search for life beyond Earth is a key driver of ...