Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme. At least, that's what astronomers found when ...

In a groundbreaking development, NASA has announced a new alloy that could be the key to unlocking ultra-stable space ...

Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...

Astronomers have discovered the strange dance that leads to the creation of rare "double hot Jupiters" in binary star systems ...

A new gas giant world discovered by citizen scientists using data from NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS is cool, ...

A unique new material that shrinks when it is heated and expands when it is cooled could help enable the ultra-stable space ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new ...

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

So-called M dwarfs are the most common stars in the Milky Way. A research team has determined around which of them Earth-like ...

Readers doubtless know that metals expand when heated. As explained in a NASA blog post that’s a problem for space telescopes because if their components warm and expand it can mean that the shape of ...

TOI-6894 b, the largest exoplanet relative to its host star yet seen, doesn’t fit the most widely accepted formation model ...

Lichen from the Mojave Desert has stunned scientists by surviving months of lethal UVC radiation, suggesting life could exist ...