"If the ultimate result of this story is that the public is more circumspect about future claims of life detection, that's ...

By Dave Prosper Astronomers have been trying to discover evidence that worlds exist around stars other than our Sun since the ...

Two new research studies explore how a stellar nursery in the heart of the Milky Way is affected by the region’s strong ...

BOSTON, MA – A new international study has revealed that super-Earths—planets larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune—may be far more common in the universe than scientists previously believed.

They reveal a whole new level of detail in these planet-forming systems. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every ...

The discovery of Eos, the closest known molecular cloud to Earth and one of the largest structures in the night sky, hints at ...

The three – Marc Handelman, Saurabh Jha and Miranda Lichtenstein – are among 198 fellows selected this year from a pool of ...

It is hard to accept uncertainty and the unknown when it comes to health and biology. Perhaps we should take a lesson from ...

An international team of researchers has discovered a massive molecular cloud that, if we could see it in our sky, would ...

In an ejection that would have caused its rotation to slow, a magnetar is depicted losing material into space in this ...

Hello, Eos! Recently discovered molecular cloud is believed to be one of the largest structures in the sky and among the closest to Earth and the sun.

In 2020, astronomers detected WD 1856+534 b, a gas giant that orbits a star 81 light-years from Earth. This exoplanet, which ...