Like a toddler right before naptime, TRAPPIST-1 is a small yet moody star. This little star, which sits in the constellation ...

Astronomers have discovered icy rocks in the outer solar system that seem to defy the laws of physics, raising questions ...

A very rare treat is about to grace Earth's night skies. On the evening of 28 February 2025, all seven of the other planets in the Solar System will appear in the night sky at the same time, with ...

"We reference the planets as symbols to better understand our lives," PEOPLE's resident astrologer Kyle Thomas says Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter of PEOPLE Digital Entertainment. She joined ...

A network of powerful ground-based telescopes captured rare starspot-crossing events on TOI-3884b, revealing cooler patches ...

Space is a very big place, and as such, it's full of mysteries that scientists can't explain. Some of this is simply because it's impossible to fully observe, thanks to its sheer size and the ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Barnard's star is a red dwarf, the smallest type of regular star and much smaller and less luminous than our sun. At about 6 light years away, it is the closest single ...

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaiʻi have discovered a massive planet and a brown dwarf orbiting distant stars.

BRITS are clueless about our solar system – with four in 10 unable to identify the biggest planet and a quarter uncertain ...

Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel Dune has been praised for its worldbuilding. Herbert created complex societies, religions and economic systems all with rich histories. Most famous of Herbert’s ...