The first planetary system discovered was nothing like our own. It was more like a zombie solar system. Appropriately named ...

"The Milky Way's satellite population is a unique combination of small satellites containing only older stars, and its two ...

WASHINGTON - The first rocky planet ever spotted orbiting a burned out star called a white dwarf offers a glimpse of what may ...

Sometimes, if the night is dark and clear enough, you can look up and see the Milky Way in its arc across ... four surviving terrestrial (rocky) inner planets. The largest celestial bodies in our ...

If you've ever attended a star party, it's more than likely that the astronomer on site pointed out the Andromeda Galaxy (M31 ...

Barnard's star is a red dwarf, the smallest type of regular star and much smaller and less luminous than our sun. At about 6 ...

Most CubeSats weigh less than a bowling ball, and some are small enough to hold in your hand. But the impact these ...

Beyond our solar system, countless alien worlds of lava, ice, water and noxious gas swirl through the cosmos. Here are some ...

Barnard’s Star is a red dwarf, the smallest type of regular star and much smaller and less luminous than our sun. At about ...

Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet, Barnard b, located just six light-years away. Classified as a 'sub-Earth,' it ...

This Rocky Planet Around a White ... that the star is a white dwarf, a system ... ESO Telescope Captures the Most Detailed Infrared Map Ever of Our Milky Way Sep. 26, 2024 — Astronomers have ...