Astronomers didn’t even know sub-Neptunes existed until NASA’s Kepler mission uncovered them over the past decade. Although a ...

The transforming exoplanet that was observed by the WIYN 3.5-meter telescope at the U.S. National Science Foundation Kitt Peak National Observatory has a strangely elongated orbit. Credit: Images and ...

Exoplanets—planets that orbit stars beyond our solar system—have transformed our understanding of the universe. Since the ...

As summer approaches, Arizonans are bracing for yet another season of intense heat and unpredictable weather. According to forecasts from NOAA, AccuWeather, and the Old Farmer’s Almanac, summer2025 is ...

"How planets are born is an unsolved area of research," astrophysicist Daniel Price of Australia's Monash University told ...

NASA’s astrobiology ambitions are at risk of collapsing under the White House’s proposed budget. But your voice can make a ...

On April 25, 2025, the White House Office of Management and Budget announced a plan that would slash NASA’s science program ...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to build a brand new world on an exoplanet? Students have the opportunity to do exactly that with IdeaSquare Planet (i2Planet), a novel teaching ...

Of the more than 5,000 exoplanets that have been confirmed so far and many more thousands of candidates, most orbit stars the ...

WD 1856+534b—a freezing world with a surface temperature of -125 degrees Fahrenheit—exists where planets are normally scoured ...

Roman was similarly designed with a focused set of science goals, including exploring an uncharted region of exoplanet ...

More than sixty years ago, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) officially began with Project Ozma at ...