Observations of exoplanets typically provide astronomers little more than an orbit, a mass and a radius. If the radius and ...

Stars are some of the most mysterious things in the universe, and Przybylski’s Star (HD 101065) is one of the weirdest of all ...

Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, following the declassification of Pluto nearly two decades ago, ...

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The ongoing search for an additional planet at the solar system's edge has identified a new candidate, potentially ...

Mary Gilmore, Staff Writer On Wednesday, Apr. 16, a team of astronomers found evidence of an unexpected atmospheric gas while ...

Magnetar flares produce gold, platinum, and other heavy elements in our galaxy, says new research on a strange cosmic flash ...

The careening star blasted through the galactic filament, known as "the Snake," at a zippy 1–2 million miles per hour.

Each cloud represents in visible form (due to water droplets) a rising column of air,” the Earth Observatory says. NASA/Earth Observatory A blast from the past will be hitting Earth next week, as a ...

What's more, no exoplanets with emission spectra cooler than 275 K (1.85 °C; 35.33 °F) - comparable to Earth - have been ...

The possibility of Planet Nine being out there way beyond Pluto has always excited astronomers. They have now found one body ...

There's disappointment for astronomers as the newly-discovered bright green comet appears to have disintegrated ...