Exoplanets, or planets which reside outside of the Solar System, can be wild and extremely unpredictable places. Now a planet ...

New research shows how the star's powerful outbursts could help scientists assess which worlds might support life.

Using a powerful combination of space-based measurements and Subaru’s advanced imaging, astronomers have discovered two rare companions, one of which enables a key test for NASA’s Roman Space ...

The twin telescopes of the Gemini Observatory mark 25 years of discovery as students name distant nebula Ua ʻŌhiʻa Lan. The ...

See imaginative exoplanet worlds by St. Ann’s fifth graders at Blakemore Planetarium, Museum of the Southwest, on view ...

Moon’s precursor planet, Theia, disappeared billions ago, leaving scientists no direct chemical evidence to support the hypothesis. Now a team of astromers in France, Germany and the United States ...

'Cultural break.' U.S. senators say relations with Canadian neighbours are suffering Rodney Rogers, Wake Forest legend and 12-year NBA veteran, dies at 54 Canadians mistaking 'best before' and expiry ...

About 4.6 billion years ago, a celestial cloud collapsed, paving the way for our solar system to form. Then, a nebula with strong gravitational pull took shape, kick-starting the birth of the sun. But ...

LONDON — The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper's authors have ...