The flares may heat up and inflate the planet's atmosphere, which is dominated by hydrogen and helium. Being lashed by these ...

A new gas giant world discovered by citizen scientists using data from NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS is cool, ...

NASA launched two 12-inch gold-plated copper disks filled with the sounds of children's laughter, heartbeats, and bird calls.

WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) - In addition to providing a trove of information about the early universe, the James Webb ...

The space-based observatory has revolutionized the way we see space, and it can now add another remarkable accomplishment to ...

Fear of the unknown has always been the other side of the urge to know. Our distant ancestors knew that something terrible ...

The main character in Elio listens to several snippets of real-life audio from one of the most important minds in astronomy who ever lived.

In this edition of Finding Minnesota, John Lauritsen shows us how a Meeker County town got its name, and why they still celebrate their man-made rocket ship.

The team found that the planet, dubbed HIP 67522 b, orbits its parent star so tightly that it appears to cause frequent ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has directly imaged its first exoplanet — a young, Saturn-sized gas giant orbiting a star 110 ...

Researchers now appreciate that gas planets are more complex than first thought. New findings have implications for our ...