The astronomers spotted the planet using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an MIT-led mission that ...

"The extent of the tail is gargantuan, stretching up to 9 million kilometers [5.6 million miles] long," said MIT astronomer Marc Hon.

We were doing the typical planet vetting, and I happened to spot this signal that appeared very unusual.” An orbiting ...

As the asteroid lines up for a planetary flyby in 2029, space agencies are coordinating to conduct some groundbreaking science.

Our Barron Prize young heroes remind me that each of us has the power to be a steward of this Earth, whether by planting a ...

The NASA boffins in white coats and thick-rimmed glasses have detected new signals that show the Oort cloud - the spooky shell of icy objects at the very edge of our solar system - might have ...

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 ...

Rare ‘smiley face’ planet alignment to light up night sky this week - Sky watchers anywhere in the world can see the ...

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

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft successfully flew past asteroid Donaldjohanson, collecting data and images of the second of its 11 ...