According to the latest studies led by Heidelberg University astronomers, low-mass stars quite often host Earth-like planets. Data collected as part of the CARMENES project were the basis of this ...

Webb Telescope captures TWA 7 b, a Saturn-mass planet 50 AU from its star, proving its ability to directly image smaller ...

Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glare ...

Gaia-4b is the most massive planet known to orbit a low-mass star. Also, see an animation for Gaia-5b, a brown dwarf orbiting a low-mass star. They were detected by the European Space Agency’s Gaia ...

For the first time in its four-year operational history, the James Webb Space Telescope has identified an exoplanet not ...

Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected ...

Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that showcase the vast diversity and drama of planetary systems across space .

Massachusetts leaders are condemning the recent rollback of $45 million in federal funds that had been aimed at conservation ...

Seattle meteorologists Cliff Mass and Ted Buehner weigh in on a viral debate between Joe Rogan and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders over climate change.

Using its Mid-Infrared Instrument, JWST directly imaged TWA 7b, ten times lighter than any exoplanet previously captured in ...

According to Dedham Animal Control, one owner was at a doctor’s appointment at Dedham Medical, while the other owner was ...

Experts believe the universe may have a built-in 'self-destruct button' called false vacuum decay which could destroy the ...