The known universe is full of shockingly huge things. Here are the largest planets, stars, galaxies, and structures we've ...

As scientists delve deeper into a star system with seven rocky worlds, the prospect of one being a habitable planet seems to be quickly fading. Researchers who used the James Webb Space Telescope, a ...

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CONFIDENCE IN HAPPENING YESTERDAY. NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY ASTRONOMER RECENTLY SAW SOMETHING UNUSUAL DURING HIS RESEARCH OF SPACE, AND IT COULD HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW PLANETS FORM. VLADIMIR LYRA ...

Using a brand new and totally out of this world statistical astrophysical mathematical approach, NASA's Kepler mission has announced the discovery of 715 new planets -- almost doubling the total ...

There are Jupiter-size planets that orbit closer to their parent star than Mercury ... “If we want to find out if we’re alone ...

Astronomers poring over four years of data from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft have discovered a star that’s 11.2 billion years old and has at least five Earth-size planets. “We thus show that Earth-size ...

If you’d like to see all the planets of our solar system, this is a good week to do so. Step outside at dusk and you’ll notice the most obvious of planets in the southwestern sky. I’m referring, of ...

Scientists did not find a robust atmosphere around TRAPPIST-1d, an Earth-size exoplanet many hoped would show signs of having air. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / J. Olmsted illustration As scientists ...

The Science of Siblings is a series exploring the ways our siblings can influence us, from our money and our mental health all the way down to our very molecules. We’ll be sharing these stories over ...