The bottom line is that the fact that fire is so tightly bound to Earth is a reminder of how special our planet is. Every ...

Exoplanet hunters Christopher Watson and Annelies Mortier explain the long search for a 'twin Earth' capable of sustaining ...

On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor ...

Astronomers have spotted rogue planet Cha 1107-7626 devouring six billion tonnes of gas and dust every second, a ...

Astronomers have recently uncovered an extraordinary star, SDSS J0715-7334, which may be the most “pristine” object ever ...

The rare heirloom watermelon variety is aptly named after a sky full of stars, for exactly how it appears: dark green rind ...

From lava worlds to gas giants, NASA says the variety of these worlds is staggering—and that signs of a further 8,000 distant ...

We all know space is cold, but some places are so extreme they make even Antarctica look comfortable. Scientists have […] ...

The gravitational lensing that causes this rare phenomenon cannot be explained solely by looking at observable ...

The detection of the molecule phosphine in a brown dwarf’s atmosphere may help astronomers in their search for life elsewhere ...

Astronomers have observed a massive growth rate in a free-floating rogue planet that’s gobbling up gas and dust at a record rate of 6.6 billion tons per second.

ESO's Very Large Telescope has observed a rogue planet and revealed that it is eating up gas and dust from its surroundings ...