Most places on Earth have seasons because our planet is on a tilt as it orbits the sun. But our star also has its own version ...

The exoplanet is the first confirmed detection of a planet in a multi-ringed protoplanetary disk, a disk that contains ...

Researchers have spotted a Jupiter-like gas giant forming in the disk around a young sun — earlier in the star's lifetime than expected.

Discover how astronomers use stellar parallax to navigate spacecraft in deep space without relying on Earth-based beacons.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have investigated a "failed star," or brown dwarf, nicknamed "The ...

The first-ever detection of gravitational waves was made 10 years ago today (Sept. 14). In celebration, Space.com takes you ...

In addition to revealing characteristics of mysterious particles called neutrinos, the massive DUNE experiment could help ...

A collaboration of astronomers, led by University of Warwick and University of Geneva, has launched a vast research program on Neptune-like planets to ...

If you love astronomy, but don't like having to juggle various apps and accessories to do it, then this Raspberry Pi system ...

A new AI-powered tool has reduced astronomers' workload by 85%—filtering through thousands of data alerts to identify the few ...

In a recent groundbreaking discovery in astrophysics, astronomers have unveiled the presence of a “ghost star” nestled within ...

High in the Milky Way, a dying giant has thrown astronomers a cosmic curveball. A star known as DFK 52, sitting in the ...