A white dwarf’s unusual chemistry points to a giant planet containing material shed during the star’s death. If confirmed, the system would provide the first evidence of a second-generation planet ...

Taiwanese scientists have re-analyzed data from previous space observations and identified a celestial body that could be the hypothesized ninth planet in the Solar System — Planet Nine. If this ...

Scientists discover unique ‘phoenix’ planet that was born from a dying star - World is made up of pieces of a dying sun, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope helped astronomers study a rare class of young planetary systems where collisions between ...

"Basically, the more glow there is in the sky, the harder it will be to see the glow of the aurora. Now that applies to street lights, which are there all the time. It also applies to the moon. The ...

Astronomers have observed a stellar vampire feeding on a 'failed star' brown dwarf companion for the first time, and this ...

A nearly eight-month stint aboard the International Space Station came to a splashing end for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 on ...

On 20 October, a rocket will blast off from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA’s) Tanegashima Space Center, flinging a spacecraft the size of a car to Mars. When it arrives, it’ll swoop ...

The Crew 13 fliers completed a mission spanning more than 100 million miles with a pinpoint splashdown off the coast of Southern California.

Space is a frontier where we could do things differently, yet we are replicating the same patterns of commerce and control.