Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy material, the ingredients of planets," according to NASA's Goddard Space ...

Astronomers who identified HD 20794 d say its proximity to its host star and orbital pattern suggest it could hold water.

Finding a world like Earth elsewhere in the universe might mean looking for the right kind of solar system. A new discovery ...

The exciting discovery just 20 light-years away from Earth could play a 'pivotal role' in the search for life on other ...

After graduating from UVA in 2013 and completing her doctorate in planetary science from the University of Arizona in 2019, ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

In a study published in AGU Advances, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) used data ...

The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting asteroids from the outer asteroid belt may have brought it with them. In the jo ...

From late January to early February, a rare planetary viewing will occur early in the crisp winter night sky, early in the evening. The Moon will enter its New Moon Phase, and six planets will be ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but get a telescope and you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

The Georgia Southern Planetarium will offer its popular "Perfect Little Planet" show on February 6 & 7. It's fun for all ages ...

JANUARY 27, 2025 — The UTSA Office of University Strategic Communications has earned The University of Texas System’s top award for communications strategy for its storytelling about the university’s ...