How light is light? The James Webb Space Telescope has just been able to directly image a planet so light and faint that, in ...

Meteorites from Mercury have never been found on Earth. But two pieces discovered in the Sahara desert might be remnants of ...

Studies of 15 M-type stars have revealed new insights into the potential presence of exoplanets. A new study led by ...

Sedna will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, giving us a rare opportunity to visit the planetoid before it drifts ...

To get a glimpse of the “Swift Planet,” EarthSky suggests waiting for the sun to set before looking west for the planet ...

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

The universe is a happening place—full of exploding stars, erupting black holes, zipping asteroids, and much more. The Rubin Observatory released its first images last week, and they’re stunning—vast, ...

British energy company Space Solar announced it successfully tested an in-space assembly method for its upcoming satellites.

World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...

James Webb’s mid-infrared vision has likely captured a frigid, Saturn-mass planet shaping the dusty rings around the nearby ...

NASA has made a new out of this world discovery. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently captured evidence of a new planet beyond our solar system.

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new ...