NASA has announced the discovery of a previously unseen planet just outside our solar system, spotted by the powerful James ...

Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

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Black holes are expected to be the last giant objects left in the universe, but even they will slowly shrink and disappear ...

What methods can be used to identify subsurface oceans on the five largest moons of Uranus: Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and ...

For the first time, the powerful telescope has discovered an exoplanet not previously known to scientists. Find out more here ...

As humanity ventures deeper into space, one critical question looms large: how do we prevent Earth's microbes from ...

Hunt said that, in 1979, while still in high school, he joined the Marine Corps on a delayed-entry program for recruits who ...

NASAs Curiosity rover has captured the first-ever close-up images of spiderweb-like “boxwork” formations on Mars, revealing ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered an exoplanet using the direct-imaging technique. The host star's light was ...