NASA Targets Early September for Roman Space Telescope Launch
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team now is targeting as soon as early September 2026 for launch,…
NASA’s Webb Redefines Dividing Line Between Planets, Stars
Planets, like those in our solar system, form in a bottom-up process where small bits of rock and…
Astronomers Just Watched Two Planets Smashing Into Each Other 11,000 Light-Years Away
Rendering of the planetary collision astronomers suspect occurred around star Gaia20ehk in 2021. Credit: Andy Tzanidakis Astronomers have…
Astronomers Watch in Amazement as 2 Planets Smash Into Each Other Around Nearby Star
A seemingly regular, Sun-like star began acting really weird, flickering haphazardly as its light faded in and out.…
New observations show that Jupiter is smaller than expected
The largest planet in our solar system may actually be smaller than we thought. New measurements taken by NASA’s…
The 3-Body Problem Just Got an Upgrade—and You Can Thank Einstein
I’ve yet to meet a physicist that didn’t believe in the beauty of the general theory of relativity—Einstein’s…
A second home in space? This planet is amazingly similar to Earth
Around 146 light-years from Earth, a planet could be orbiting an alien star that is more similar to…
Discovery Alert: An Ice-Cold Earth?
A candidate planet that might be remarkably similar to Earth, HD 137010 b, has one potentially big difference:…
NASA AI Model That Found 370 Exoplanets Now Digs Into TESS Data
Scientists have discovered over 6,000 planets that orbit stars other than our Sun, known as exoplanets. More than…
Astronomers measure mass and distance of free-floating planet
Back to Article List According to a newly released study, scientists have discovered a free-floating planet and, for…