Planets that once lived only in pulp novels and movie concept art are now turning up in real data. Astronomers are not just ...
At long last, particles of water–ice have been discovered in the frozen Kuiper Belt of another star. The discovery, made by the James Webb Space Telescope, is a major step forward in filling in gaps ...
New polarimetry data on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reveals bizarre refractory dust, proving this alien visitor formed in a ...
A groundbreaking new study, published in The Astrophysical Journal Lettersand conducted by researchers at Penn State University and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), reveals that Earth may be ...
A delicate tracery of dust and bright star clusters threads across this image from the James Webb Space Telescope. The bright tendrils of gas and stars belong to the barred spiral galaxy NGC 5068, ...
AMES, Iowa – Using data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered a distant planetary system featuring multiple planets orbiting at a severe tilt to their ...
The Nebular Origins of the Universe Research Laboratory will connect pre-planetary evolution to planetary formation to understand the chemical origins of planetary systems SAN ANTONIO — December 1, ...
Most planetary systems contain worlds larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and the low-density planets around one ...
Astronomers report the discovery of a new sub-Neptune exoplanet as part of the TESS Hunt for Young and Maturing Exoplanets (THYME) program. The newly found alien world, designated HD 110082 b, is ...