In a new, groundbreaking discovery that has captivated the astronomy community, scientists have confirmed the presence of not ...

Star is a small, dim red dwarf star located in the constellation Ophiuchus. It’s distance was first measured by the ...

In research highlighted in a new paper, published today in The Astrophysical Journal, Scientia Senior Lecturer Ben Montet and PhD candidate Brendan McKee analysed changes in the timing of a known ...

A visible line of planets has for weeks been the talk of astronomers and hobbyist stargazers who have sought to catch a sight of our solar system's worlds. Online chatter and a frenzy of media ...

Scientists studied the history of our sun and its satellites with all the tools they had, and they used the knowledge they gained to shape our understanding of how planets form and evolve.

Instead, it's the opposite: Significant amounts of sulfur dioxide in a planet's atmosphere is a good sign that the world is uninhabitable and we can safely cross it off the list of candidates.

Seven planets are aligning in the night sky and will be visible Friday, February 28. The alignment, also called a "planet parade," happens when planets' orbits around the sun cause them to appear ...

Scientia Senior Lecturer Ben Montet and PhD candidate Brendan McKee analysed changes in the timing of a known planet’s transit across its star, to infer the presence of a second exoplanet.