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Scientists using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have observed a rare type of exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system ...

SPHERE’s detailed images of dusty rings around young stars offer a rare glimpse into the hidden machinery of planet formation ...

In a discovery that's fit for a movie, Northwestern University astronomers have directly imaged a Tatooine-like exoplanet, orbiting two suns. While obtaining an image of a planet beyond our solar ...

TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized world in the system’s habitable zone, is drawing scientific attention as researchers hunt for ...

A distant world with carbon in its atmosphere and extraordinarily high temperatures is unlike any other planet we’ve seen, ...

"Life could go on as usual." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Small icy moons in the outer reaches of our solar system may hide ...

Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS are most likely to enter our solar system from two specific directions, a new study suggests. What does it mean for Earth? When you purchase through links on our ...

ZEELAND TOWNSHIP, MI -- A large-scale commercial solar farm proposed for Ottawa County is getting pushback from residents. Township planners previously have said the project could be as large as 1,100 ...

A detailed view of the complex Idaeus Fossae valleys captured by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona) Scientists have mapped ...

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Researchers have found a razor-thin, rotating string of galaxies inside a massive cosmic filament, revealing unexpected ...