Is a sun a star or a planet? While science now agrees the sun is a star, new telescopes may soon challenge how we define ...

The James Webb and Very Large telescopes spotted a free-floating planet accreting material at a record rate, displaying ...

In a remarkable cosmic event observed on November 2, 2025, scientists had the rare opportunity to witness a dead star ...

Nearly two and a half centuries ago, in December of 1781, musical composer and amateur astronomer William Herschel was ...

Scientists have discovered a rare six-planet system, HD 110067, where all planets orbit their star in perfect mathematical ...

About 50 light-years from Earth, a gas giant about half the mass of Jupiter orbits a sunlike star. The discovery of Pegasi 51 ...

Telescope observations reveal material accreting onto the planet Cha1107-7626 in a way that resembles the infancy of stars ...

Using JWST, scientists mapped WASP-18b’s atmosphere in 3D, revealing blazing regions where water molecules split apart.