Astronomers are nearing the discovery of Planet X, a mysterious celestial body that could reshape our understanding of the ...

"How do you get to Mars when the launch vehicle is not necessarily going to Mars?" ...

Scientists have discovered a rogue planet roaming the Milky Way after combining observations from Earth and a space telescope ...

Earth reaches its closest point to the sun in its 2026 orbit on Jan. 3. The sun will appear larger in the sky than on any ...

JWST observations of the ultra-hot super-Earth exoplanet TOI-561 b provide the strongest evidence to date for an atmosphere surrounding a rocky planet beyond our Solar System.

While most planets that we are familiar with stick relatively close to their host star in a predictable orbit, some planets ...

Most of the planets we’ve identified are in orbit around stars and formed from the disks of gas and dust that surrounded the ...

Webb telescope discovered a bizarre exoplanet with carbon atmosphere, no hydrogen, orbiting a super-dense spinning star.

Researchers have confirmed the mass of a free-floating planet thanks to a lucky convergence of ground- and space-based ...

Just days into the New Year, on January 6, NASA will begin spacewalks outside the International Space Station to prepare for ...

Former Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki took to X to share pictures of the first sunrise of 2026 as seen from space. The images were accessed from an astronaut who is currently on a long-duration ...

January for lovers of astronomy is highlighted by the Quadrantid meteor shower, as Greg Redfern highlights in January’s ...