"The significance of this discovery lies in the fact that it would confirm the existence of internal energy sources that ...

And every year, we discover more and more objects (usually small asteroids or comets) joining the solar system. In 1846, astronomers had already identified the eight main planets. But that hasn't ...

TRAPPIST-1 b, the innermost planet, was recently observed in depth by JWST in the mid-infrared, a type of light to which our ...

New observations show that newly formed planets close to a star help shepherd dust and gas to create more planets farther out ...

An exoplanet in the Trappist star system — a multi-planet star system similar to the solar system and just 39 light-years ...

Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy ...

In astronomy, what does retrograde mean? And what connection does it have to astrology? We explain how planets move across ...

James Webb’s observations of TRAPPIST-1b reveal possible volcanic activity and unique atmospheres, reshaping our ...