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 ...

The "new stars" are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere, but people have spotted them from the United States by looking ...

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 ...

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 ...

Comet or asteroid heading for the Sun is only the third time an interstellar object has been spotted inside our group of ...

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, and Venus.

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.