If you've ever wondered why we are here, then you can thank Jupiter for part of the answer. A new study from Rice University ...
Scientists have identified three Earth-sized planets orbiting two stars in the TOI-2267 system. Remarkably, planets transit ...
Look to the east after sunset on a clear winter night and you’ll spot a bright, tightly packed collection of stars. That’s ...
To reach Earth’s closest star system, Alpha Centauri, scientists are building a laser-powered spacecraft. To pull off ...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered a trove of complex organic molecules frozen in ice around a ...
The Sun, our nearest celestial neighbor, is undeniably a star, not a planet, as centuries of astronomical observations have ...
Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered that the famous Pleiades star cluster, the ...
Astronomers have discovered that the iconic Pleiades cluster, long admired as the “Seven Sisters,” is only a small part of a ...
A new study suggests that during a potential phase of primordial matter domination, particle interactions may have led to the formation of the universe’s first compact cosmic objects. Less than a ...