Apples-to-apples comparisons in the distant universe are hard to come by. Whether the subject is dwarf galaxies, supermassive black holes, or 'hot Jupiters,' astronomers can spend months or years ...

WD 1856+534b—a freezing world with a surface temperature of -125 degrees Fahrenheit—exists where planets are normally scoured ...

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of two new exoplanets, a few times more massive than Earth, ...

A stellar system has just revealed a planet with unprecedented characteristics. Its right-angle orbit around two stars is a first. Configuration of 2M1510 and naming convention for the different ...

A planet circling at a sharp 90-degree angle to the orbits of its two host stars has now been confirmed. This discovery ...

In 2005, thanks to Michael Brown’s scientific antics, Pluto was removed from the list of planets in the solar system. In 1968, the Apollo 8 mission flew around the moon. In 2001, Chris Hadfield became ...

Discovered in 1930, Pluto was long considered our Solar System's ninth planet, but was unseated in 2006 after the discovery ...

Researchers say they found a curious dot on infrared images taken 23 years apart that seems to be moving in a manner ...

Discovered in 1930, Pluto was long considered our Solar System's ninth planet, but was unseated in 2006 after the discovery ...

In 2020, researchers discovered the first exoplanet near a white dwarf. This planet has turned out to be the coldest known to date.

Luke found life on Tatooine to be boring, but he should be glad, because as we have seen, binary stars have the potential to ...

Scientists have confirmed the discovery of the coldest exoplanet ever observed, orbiting a white dwarf, with the help of NASA ...