In the cold, dark outskirts of planetary systems far beyond the reach of the known planets, mysterious gas giants and ...

The lone planet confirmed to be in the system is squeezed in between the two, orbiting at a distance similar to Earth's ...

Polaris, also known as the 'Pole Star' or 'North Star', is arguably the most famous stellar body to hang in the western ...

When astronomers announced last month they might have discovered the most promising hints of alien life yet on a distant ...

The ocean covers most of Earth and may exist beyond it—scientists now suspect a distant exoplanet could be entirely covered ...

What's more, no exoplanets with emission spectra cooler than 275 K (1.85 °C; 35.33 °F) - comparable to Earth - have been observed either. WD stars present a unique opportunity to detect and ...

During a nova event, explains NASA, energy explodes from a white dwarf star. Hounsell said white dwarf stars aren't much larger in size than planet Earth. Usually they're too dim to see at night, but ...

Webb Telescope finds crystalline water ice around star HD 181327. This discovery could reveal how icy bodies contribute to ...