Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...
A tiny star is making big moves — whether its accomplice likes it or not. Astronomers have spotted a star just a fraction the ...
Gaia-4b, a giant exoplanet orbiting a small star, is the first planet confirmed using Gaia’s astrometric technique.
Astronomers have discovered what seems to be a star racing through the Milky Way at 1.2 million mph, dragging a Neptune-sized ...
"The climate of this planet is extreme and nothing like that of Earth. The planet's dayside is so hot that elements typically ...
In 2011, a project that surveyed the Milky Way galaxy for exoplanets — which are planets beyond our solar system — spotted an ...
Many scientists have long thought that developing planets should resemble the swirling disk of gas and dust that births them.
The agency announced on Monday afternoon (Feb. 10) that it has picked SpaceX to launch Pandora, a 716-pound (325-kilogram) ...
A rocky planet less than half the mass of Earth seems to have an atmosphere made almost entirely of sulphur dioxide – this ...
NASA discovered five exoplanets orbiting stars in under 24 hours, challenging planetary models and providing insights into ...
Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, ...
A fast-moving star, possibly with an exoplanet, has been detected in the Milky Way, challenging current astrophysical models.