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Astronomy May 12, 2025

Two exoplanets discovered orbiting sun-like star

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of two new exoplanets, a few times more massive than Earth, orbiting a sun-like star known as HD 35843. The finding was reported in a research paper published May ...

Planetary Sciences May 8, 2025

A single impact could leave a giant planet ringing for millions of years

To understand how chaotic the early solar system was, we need only gaze at the moon. Its cratered surface bears the scars of multitudes of collisions. The early solar system was like a debris field where objects smashed into ...

Planetary Sciences May 5, 2025

Webb lifts veil on common but mysterious type of exoplanet

Though they don't orbit around our sun, sub-Neptunes are the most common type of exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system, that have been observed in our galaxy. These small, gassy planets are shrouded in mystery…and ...

Astronomy Apr 30, 2025

Is this the first hint of Planet Nine?

The solar system consists of our star, the sun, and everything bound to it by gravity: the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, along with dwarf planets like Pluto, dozens of moons, and ...

Space Exploration Apr 29, 2025

Amazon launches its first internet satellites to compete against SpaceX's Starlinks

Amazon's first batch of internet satellites rocketed into orbit Monday, the latest entry in the mega constellation market currently dominated by SpaceX's thousands of Starlinks.

Astrobiology Apr 25, 2025

Webb helps scientists better understand solar system's origins

University of Central Florida (UCF) scientists and their collaborators discovered new insights into the formation of distant icy objects in space beyond Neptune, offering a deeper understanding of our solar system's formation ...

Planetary Sciences Apr 24, 2025

Super-Earths are common outside the solar system, new study shows

An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the discovery of a planet about twice the size of Earth orbiting its star farther out than Saturn is ...

Astronomy Apr 23, 2025

Why Webb may never be able to find evidence of life on another world

The exoplanet K2-18b is generating headlines because researchers announced what could be evidence of life on the planet. The JWST detected a pair of atmospheric chemicals that on Earth are produced by living organisms. The ...

Astronomy Apr 23, 2025

TESS detects new sub-Neptune exoplanet more than three times larger than Earth

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers have detected a new sub-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a bright G-type star. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-3493 b is more ...

Planetary Sciences Apr 22, 2025

Planetary alignment provides NASA rare opportunity to study Uranus

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 opportunity for NASA to improve its understanding of that planet's atmosphere and rings. Planetary ...

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