Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers said they were able to detect signs of sulfur-based molecules called dimethyl sulfide or DMS, which on Earth are only produced by life, primarily ...

A planet 140 light-years from Earth is rapidly coming apart due to its close proximity to its star. The roasting planet is effectively evaporating away: It sheds an enormous amount of surface minerals ...

When a planet's orbit brings it between Earth and a distant star, it's more than just a cosmic game of hide and seek. It's an ...

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. It's about 11 times wider than Earth with an equatorial diameter of 88,846 ...

Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star disintegrating as its surface is ...

The Andromeda Galaxy's family of dwarfs are an enigma. First it was the unusual flat plane around which more than half of them orbit, and now this lopsidedness. It just goes to show that sometimes it ...

The crescent moon will be the centerpiece of April's final astronomical event as it bunches up with Venus, Saturn and Mercury ...

A team of astronomers announced on April 16, 2025, that in the process of studying a planet around another star, they had ...

By analyzing the available observational data, astronomers from the Tribhuvan University in Nepal and elsewhere have ...

One of Somerset's historic canals will be significantly regenerated in the coming years as part of a government-funded ...

Matt Frei: From what I’ve read, the evidence of life is overwhelming and there’s an awful lot of life on that planet, according to what you discovered.

Today brings a mix of reflection, patience, and subtle momentum across career fronts, with real progress picking up by the ...