A potential new type of celestial object has all the makings of a normal small galaxy. It’s rich with the same hydrogen gas ...

The team’s analysis points to a lensing object with a mass of 0.219 Jupiter masses, a touch lighter than Saturn or around 70 ...

Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty ...

One of the main questions in exoplanet science concerns M dwarfs (red dwarfs) and the habitability of exoplanets that orbit ...

Scientists measure a Saturn-sized rogue planet drifting through the Milky Way using rare Earth and space observations, revealing how planets can be ejected from their original systems.

Scientists have discovered a rogue planet roaming the Milky Way after combining observations from Earth and a space telescope ...

Ground and space-based telescopes have confirmed a microlensing event caused by a rogue planet wandering silently through the ...

People sometimes ask what would happen if the Sun suddenly exploded, often after seeing a dramatic film or picture online. It ...

New simulations examine whether the seven planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system could host moons, showing that only small, close-orbiting moons could remain stable over long periods ...

If you were to ask a group of dedicated amateur astronomers to list their favorite telescopic targets, few if any would ...

A strange world just 47 light-years from Earth is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about alien planets. Hidden ...

With sapphire waterfalls, lava rain and orbits around dead stars, these distant worlds push the limits of what’s possible.