Among the most prevalent stars in our galaxy are red dwarfs, M-dwarf stars that are smaller and cooler than our Sun. The ...

Within a few dozen light years of the Sun, the sky is crowded with stars that could, in principle, host living worlds. I want ...

Think our planet has some rough neighborhoods? Let’s be real, Earth is basically a luxury spa compared to what’s out there.

Spectacular clouds swirl across the surface of Jupiter. These clouds contain water, just like Earth's, but are much denser on ...

A January 2026 Earth–Sun alignment allows measurements of the opposition surge from interstellar object 3I/ATLAS using ...

The giant protoplanetary disk offers clues to how gas and dust organize themselves around a star to form planets.

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

A team of astronomers has just published a detailed catalog of 2,100 stars, considered as potentially hosting planets ...

Gaxiola, an astronomy graduate student at Georgia State University, has identified a large number of stars around which Earth ...

In a blow to anyone dreaming that complex life may exist elsewhere in the universe, a new study suggests we're unlikely to ...

Astronomers have captured an exceptionally rare view of young planets in mid-transformation, revealing how bloated, giant worlds may shrink into the most common planets in the galaxy. Astronomers have ...

We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of ...