The Pandora Space Telescope will study 20 promising worlds that could host life ...

Frequent flares from the nearby star TRAPPIST-1 could offer new clues in the search for habitable planets beyond Earth.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The recent and much-ballyhooed "planetary parade" was an interesting celestial event that likely ...

Using a powerful combination of space-based measurements and Subaru’s advanced imaging, astronomers have discovered two rare companions, one of which enables a key test for NASA’s Roman Space ...

The Sun makes Earth habitable, governs its climate and drives a variety of natural phenomena through its variable magnetism. Indeed, all planets in and outside the Solar System exist under the ...

Not every large object in space forms part of a solar system. There are some big objects that exist in isolation in space, without either being a star or orbiting one. One of these, SIMP 0136, wanders ...

Fresh off the excitement of the Perseids meteor shower is a chance to see six planets lined up in the sky at once. These events, colloquially known as planet parades, occur occasionally with the most ...

A team led by UdeM researchers confirms a fifth potentially habitable planet around L 98-59, a red dwarf 35 light-years away. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. A team ...