According to new simulations, many, even most, planets get ejected from their star early in their history Star Trek ...

The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, orbit a star called TOI-1453, which is slightly cooler and ...

Only a few years ago, astronomers heralded the discovery of a rocky world circling the sun 's closest space neighbor, Proxima ...

We've known for over 30 years that there are other stellar systems in our galaxy, but we don't have any idea how many there ...

What if humanity's search for life on other planets returns no hits? A team of researchers led by Dr. Daniel Angerhausen, a ...

A team of researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover new details about SIMP 0136, a free-floating planet in ...

K2-360 is a newly found planetary system with a super-dense planet, likely the core of a former larger world, shaped by dynamic interactions with its companion. An international team of researchers ...

After more than a decade of charting the stars with extraordinary precision, the Gaia spacecraft has completed its mission.

Astronomers bid an emotional farewell to Gaia, expressing their gratitude for its more than decade-long mission that gave us ...

What happens if, after all our searching, we don’t find any signs of life on other planets? A group of scientists led by Dr.