Mars is about to receive a double dose of attention. This weekend, a pair of identical NASA satellites will launch together ...
ESCAPADE’s path through space, relative to the Earth, has the peculiar shape of a kidney bean. In the world of astrodynamics, ...
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered that aging stars in their so-called ...
Some of the most promising places to look for extraterrestrials have remained, so far, mostly hidden from astronomers. Now a game-changing instrument called NIRPS (Near-Infrared Planet Searcher) is ...
WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - They are the most common type of planet observed in our Milky Way galaxy - two to three times the diameter of Earth but smaller than Neptune, and orbiting closer to ...
These six planets are in perfect sync with each other as they dance through space around their star. Credit: Roger Thibaut (NCCR PlanetS) Astronomers have observed a solar system where six planets are ...
Scientists found two Earth-sized planets and a third candidate orbiting a nearby double star system, TOI-2267.
If you think you've met the wildest exoplanet yet, you haven't learned about TOI-4507 b. Second, TOI-4507 b is on a nearly polar orbit; it swings around its star almost perfectly perpendicular to the ...