Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune ...

Most planetary systems contain worlds larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and the low-density planets around one ...

How does a star affect the makeup of its planets? And what does this mean for the habitability of distant worlds? Carnegie's ...

A free-floating planet drifting through space is being closely followed by scientists who are managing to find out more about ...

In the vast calm of the solar system, planetary orbits often appear orderly, stable, and insulated from the broader mechanics of the galaxy. Earth circles the Sun with regularity. The outer planets ...

Astronomers have confirmed a Saturn-size world drifting alone in deep space roughly 10,000 light-years from Earth, a ...

Bigger than Hubble and launching as soon as 2029, the Lazuli Space Observatory would be the first-ever full-scale private ...

Last year delivered doses of drama and excitement in the space business, with a record number of launches, breathtaking ...

Jupiter shines at magnitude -2.67 this week, the brightest it will be until October 2034. It will be easy to spot in the ...

Data centers are hot. Literally. In the U.S., data centers burn through more than 4% of total annual energy consumption, says ...

In September 2024, Musk discussed SpaceX's plans to send an uncrewed Starship rocket to Mars this coming year. At the time, Musk said the mission would test how reliably SpaceX could land its vehicles ...