Earth-like exoplanets around smallest red dwarf stars are particularly common So-called M dwarfs are the most common stars in the Milky Way. A research team has determined around which of them ...

Astronomers confirm TOI-5573 b, a rare, miniature Saturn-like planet orbiting a small star, challenging theories of planetary ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope took photos a rare supernova roughly 300 years after it happened ...

TOI-6894 b, the largest exoplanet relative to its host star yet seen, doesn’t fit the most widely accepted formation model ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered that a hazy sky over frozen Pluto is helping to cool the dwarf planet's ...

But researchers have just demonstrated that once you are far away from the planets of the Solar System, there might be a ...

Life outside the Earth is one of the biggest "what if" in history, but NASA is trying to put a end to the discussion - or add ...

Mercury is the month's highlight, reaching greatest elongation July 4. Also on show in the Southern Hemisphere: Mars, Saturn, ...

The Webb Telescope found two young planets forming sand clouds in the YSES‑1 system, revealing unprecedented details about ...

Astronomers have spotted a cosmic mismatch that has left them perplexed - a really big planet orbiting a really small star. The discovery defies current understanding of how planets form.

Moving from the outer layer inward, the first layer is the corona — the outermost part of the sun’s atmosphere that is actually hotter than the sun’s surface. This is followed by the chromosphere — a ...