Even the best telescopes can’t see exoplanets. It’s all about watching for jiggly stars, blue shifts, and transits.

"Hubble has given us a front row seat to the chaotic processes that are shaping disks as they build new planets — processes ...

A rare image reveals a giant planet clinging to two stars, helping scientists understand how planets survive in chaotic star ...

On Earth, you can look up at night and see the Moon shining bright from hundreds of thousands of miles away. But if you went to Venus, that wouldn’t be the case. Not every planet has a moon – so why ...

How common are Earth-like planets in the universe? When I started working on supernova explosions, I never imagined that my ...

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre carbon-rich planet orbiting a neutron star, PSR J2322-2650b, with soot clouds and ...

Our solar system officially houses eight planets, but some scientists say there could be a ninth. And that’s not just Pluto aficionados – evidence suggests a huge undiscovered world lurks on the dark ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Scientists have discovered a planet that may be capable of supporting life despite it orbiting a dying sun. Researchers from University College London discovered the planet while ...

Scientists are striving to understand the conditions that make life possible on other planets. Simply identifying why some planets are wet and others are dry could go a long way toward narrowing down ...

In an unprecedented celestial event, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) captured the dramatic aftermath of colliding space ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Vahe Peroomian, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, ...

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