Scientists have discovered more than 6,000 planets beyond our solar system. What if some of them aren't planets at all, but ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. There are currently more than 5,800 known planets beyond the solar system. Artist Martin Vargic ...

You’ve looked up at the night sky. Maybe you’ve wondered how much you don’t know. Turns out, the scale of our ignorance about ...

Mysterious blasts of radio waves from across the universe called fast radio bursts help astronomers catalog matter. ESO/M. Kornmesser, CC BY-SA If you look across space with a telescope, you’ll see ...

A star about 600 light-years away is giving astronomers a front-row view to the environments in which rocky planets like Earth form around the most abundant stars in the universe. Called ISO-ChaI 147, ...

In a blow to anyone dreaming that complex life may exist elsewhere in the universe, a new study suggests we're unlikely to ...

Webb observations of the Sextans A galaxy reveal how stars in a metal-poor areas create cosmic dust, offering clues about the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed 20-year-old Hubble observations that could finally explain how ancient stars can host massive planets. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

The coldest and densest molecular gas clouds in the interstellar medium can have temperatures of 10 K (-505 °F/-263 °C), ...

NASA announced the selection of industry proposals to advance technologies for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory concept.