New views of TOI-421 b by JWST gives insight into how the most common type of planet in the galaxy might form.

Warmer climates than Earth’s could accelerate life’s development, potentially increasing the number of planets with more ...

In 2005, thanks to Michael Brown’s scientific antics, Pluto was removed from the list of planets in the solar system. In 1968, the Apollo 8 mission flew around the moon. In 2001, Chris Hadfield became ...

Picture this: a small audience is quietly ushered into a darkened room. They gasp in awe, as a brilliant night sky shines above. They wonder—as many after them will do—what trickery has made the roof ...

And Back - The Super Soldiers Defending the Kuiper Belt On April 7, 2016, the team running NASA’s New Horizons mission were ...

Discovered in 1930, Pluto was long considered our Solar System's ninth planet, but was unseated in 2006 after the discovery ...

Researchers say they found a curious dot on infrared images taken 23 years apart that seems to be moving in a manner consistent with a large, distant planet.

These types of exoplanets are some of the most common in our galaxy - but they've remained mysterious until now.

Macduff met the Herald this week at the Jupiter basalt marker along the Columbia Park Trail, just east of the blue bridge. It ...

Earth has four seasons, but do other planets in our solar system also have hot summer days and cold winter nights?

For years, astronomers have toyed with the idea that the Sun hides an extra planet so distant and dim that even the best ...

Luke found life on Tatooine to be boring, but he should be glad, because as we have seen, binary stars have the potential to ...