An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse ...

Star and planet formation has largely been considered separate, sequential processes. But in a new study, scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have modeled a different scenario where ...

An international team of scientists has unveiled the largest and most detailed map of the universe ever created using the ...

JWST detects silicon monoxide in WASP-121b’s atmosphere for the first t Methane was found on the nightside, indicating strong vertical atmosphe WASP-121b likely migrated inward from a colder, distant ...

President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget request, if approved by Congress, would kill many of NASA’s plans for robotic ...

The largest map of the universe, created with data from the James Webb Space Telescope, shows almost 800,000 galaxies crammed ...

As astronomers study an exoplanet called K2-18b, conflicting research reveals how difficult it is to find evidence of life ...

The South Atlantic Anomaly(SAA), a region of weakened magnetic field over South America and the Atlantic, is intensifying.

A giant exoplanet is surprisingly chill given how close it is to its red dwarf star — perhaps because the star is so little.

But a team of scientists has created a new way to answer whether aliens exist. Daniel Apai, an astrophysicist and ...

Marina Barcenilla was studying the chemical makeup of interstellar bodies when she realized she could marry her two passions ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over how Mars lost the thick atmosphere it once had. That atmosphere was essential for ...