A planet that is snuggled up closely with its host star may be igniting colossal flares that strip it of its own mass. In a first-of-its-kind observation, astronomers have found a giant exoplanet in ...

Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close to a young star - a ...

In April, scientists announced that they had used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to find a potential signature of alien life in the glow of a distant planet. Other scientists were quick to ...

Before Hollywood made a go of it with the guy from Good Will Hunting, The Martian was a standalone sci-fi novel about a man ...