Modern astronomy is giving us unprecedented views of the asteroids, comets, and other small bodies that litter our cosmic ...

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit ...

The European Space Agency's upcoming Henon mission will be the first ever CubeSat to independently venture into deep space, ...

The first three-dimensional map of a planet orbiting another star reveals an atmosphere with distinct temperature zones.

No communication or navigation, faulty electronics and collision risk. At ESA's mission control in Darmstadt, teams faced a ...

Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars. A new study reveals that ...

The complex dance of two black holes locked in a doomed orbit has been revealed in a first-of-its-kind direct radio image.

NASA’s discovery of potential evidence of ancient life on Mars means “our galaxy could be teeming with life,” says a ...

Astronomers have generated the first three-dimensional map of a planet orbiting another star, revealing an atmosphere with ...

In a secluded corner of the Lynx constellation, just 18 light-years from our planet, astronomers have found a stunning ...