Just as Earth orbits the sun, most planets discovered beyond our solar system orbit a host star. But some are out there all ...

An international research team has discovered a luminous galaxy hiding behind a quasar, revealing new insights into how galaxies can remain undetected even in well-studied regions of the cosmos.

Astronomers have detected one of the darkest objects ever seen at a record cosmic distance—only with the assistance of ...

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

Every one of us is unique and important, but at the same time, we’re a microscopic part of something that’s beyond ...

The mysterious interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is absolutely blasting out water at a staggering rate, astronomers found.

Every one of us is unique and important, but at the same time, we’re a microscopic part of something that’s beyond ...

One of the most notable properties of the giant planets in our solar system—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—are the ...

Auburn University physicists have detected water activity in comet 3I/ATLAS, marking the first time hydroxyl gas, water's chemical signature, has been observed from an interstellar visitor.

Scientists have completed the broadest search to date for extraterrestrial civilizations by scanning roughly 10.3 million stars using a radio telescope in Australia, but have found nothing - not yet, ...

NASA’s Swift telescope spotted signs of water on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS - proof that water flows far beyond our solar ...

Space scientists look back on three decades of exoplanet discoveries—from rows of massive ‘super-Earths‘ to worlds with ...