Exoplanets are worlds outside our solar system. Just over three decades ago, the first exoplanets were confirmed by Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. Now, with the aid of Nasa spacecraft and ...

Louisiana Tech University has appointed Dr. Rebecca Giorno-McConnell as the new associate dean for research and graduate ...

Scientists say this does not include more than 8,000 additional candidate planets awaiting confirmation. The post NASA ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has encountered patches of sharp “gator-back” rocks causing mission planners to look for a new route to continue exploring Mount Sharp. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NAS ...

In our nearby stellar neighborhood, a burned-out star is snacking on a fragment of a Pluto-like object. With its unique ultraviolet capability, only NASA's Hubble Space Telescope could identify that ...

NASA has confirmed the discovery of 6,000 exoplanets beyond our solar system. The achievement comes just three years after the count reached 5,000 planets. The official tally is maintained by ...

Nasa research reveals that the Sun’s activity has been steadily increasing since 2008, reversing decades of decline. This unexpected surge is driving stronger solar winds and more frequent solar ...

“This milestone represents decades of cosmic exploration driven by NASA space telescopes — exploration that has completely changed the way humanity views the night sky,” Shawn Domagal-Goldman, acting ...

American space agency NASA announced this week the counter showing the number of confirmed exoplanets has now reached over 6,000.

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Importantly, the 6,000 figure is continuously updated as astronomers around the world confirm new planets, meaning no single planet is officially the 6,000th.