Recently, Chinese scientists conducted an unprecedented search using the FAST radio telescope in the TRAPPIST-1 system, ...

TRAPPIST-1 is a red dwarf star located about 40 light years away that hosts seven Earth-sized rocky planets, with at least ...

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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The 15 planet-forming disks around young stars that have been studied in detail by exoALMA. Here ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

While its star projector leaves a lot to be desired, the Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector is a fantastic educational tool for kids, with its solar system model, complete with talking ...

A planetary conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – sometimes more – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. Both Venus and Jupiter are making ...

A planetary conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – sometimes more – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. Both Venus and Jupiter are making ...

Is there a massive undiscovered planet on the outer reaches of the solar system? The idea has been around since before the discovery of Pluto in the 1930s. Labeled as planet X, prominent astronomers ...

Ever since the International Astronomical Union recognized Haumea and Makemake as dwarf planets in 2008, University of Maine at Presque Isle Emeritus Geology Professor Kevin McCartney has wanted to ...

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A team of astronomers from the University of Montreal has discovered a new potentially habitable exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star L 98-59, 35 light-years from Earth. This discovery means there ...