We've known for over 30 years that there are other stellar systems in our galaxy, but we don't have any idea how many there ...

Lots of us look up at the night sky with wonderment, asking how humans are able to explore the universe. Tracy Drain, a ...

Large radial velocity surveys have been ongoing on these different instruments and have yielded a whole population of exoplanets of all kinds, from hot Jupiters to systems of Neptune-like objects to ...

Learn what planet rains molten iron and which planet has two moons like Tatooine in Star Wars.

Young, close-orbiting exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes may form farther from their stars and migrate inward or lose their ...

"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...

Four small, newly discovered worlds are less than six light-years away from Earth, and their discovery reinforces a ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new study.

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...

By the year 2100, the “satellite carrying capacity” of the most popular low-orbit regions could decline by 50 to 66 percent due to the impacts of these emissions, according to the study ...

Credit: NASA, Alberto Bertolin, Bradley Reynolds NASA’s Artemis campaign is rapidly advancing the development of Gateway, a space station that will orbit the Moon and serve as a crucial hub for future ...

Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File) Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds.