For the second year in a row, the Carnegie Science Earth & Planets Laboratory (EPL) is opening its doors for a free science ...

Planetary science is the study of the celestial bodies that orbit stars, with a particular focus on our own solar system. This includes studying the formation and evolution of planets, the moons and ...

Unfortunately for science fiction fans, desert worlds outside our solar system are unlikely to host life, according to new research from the University of Washington. Scientists show that an ...

Astronomers have discovered that aging stars may be devouring their closest giant planets as they swell into red giants. Using NASA’s TESS telescope to study nearly half a million stars, scientists ...

A pair of newly discovered planets are the puffiest planets ever seen. The planets are each about the size of Jupiter but have less than 6 percent of its mass, astronomers report in the July Monthly ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered that a distant alien planet's atmosphere is surprisingly lopsided. Located 1,300 light-years away, the scorching gas giant WASP-17b ...

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A second-generation planet might be orbiting a white dwarf, in an astronomy first, according to new research.

Did you know that the concept of a planet with two suns has intrigued astronomers and the public for decades? Well, it’s primarily because of its spectacular sunsets. A binary star system, consisting ...

When worlds collide…suns act squirrely. Astronomers have witnessed a rare and violent cosmic crash between two planets, and they say the fallout could teach us about the formation of our world. The ...

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