On January 5, 2005, astronomers at NASA discovered Eris, the second-largest dwarf planet in the solar system. Eris is just ...

Most of the planets we’ve identified are in orbit around stars and formed from the disks of gas and dust that surrounded the ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to determine the mass of white dwarf star LAWD 37. It is "56 percent the mass of our ...

Through Carnegie Mellon University’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program, junior physics major Joao Passos is studying brown dwarfs — objects bigger than planets but smaller than stars — ...

Fact-based stories from our cosmic neighbourhood, one star or constellation at a time. Name it, navigate it, know it.

Elon Musk, JD Vance and Giorgia Meloni have all described JRR Tolkien’s fantasy novels as fundamental to their respective ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reveals ancient secrets and strange chemistry as the largest object of its kind ever tracked.

Dr. Ray Jayawardhana, a distinguished academic leader and world-renowned astrophysicist currently serving as Provost of Johns ...

Nestled in the Shawangunk Mountains of Kerhonkson, New York, Minnewaska State Park Preserve delivers the kind of natural beauty that makes you question whether your eyes are playing tricks on you.

In a state often defined by its iconic city, Minnewaska stands as a powerful reminder that New York’s true magic extends far beyond urban boundaries – to places where ancient rocks, crystalline waters ...

How does a star affect the makeup of its planets? And what does this mean for the habitability of distant worlds? Carnegie's ...