An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), including scientists from the National Center of Competence in ...

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are ...

NASA aims to study rocky planets similar to Earth and analyse their atmospheres for biosignatures. The James Webb Space ...

I/ATLAS is a fast, ancient interstellar object. Its odd features fuel both scientific study and speculation. On July 1, ...

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

Astronomers say that mysterious interstellar visitors like 'Oumuamua and 3I/ATLAS are the most common large bodies in the ...

The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of calm, pancake-shaped structures of dust and gas, astronomers have now ...

The anomalous nature of the object led astrophysicist Avi Loeb to apply a thought experiment to it, highlighting everything ...

Most planet-forming disks have warps that can lead to planets on inclined orbits, which could explain where the tilt of Earth ...