Planets beyond our solar system can have magnetic fields similar to those closer to home, astronomers said Tuesday after observing extreme winds on scorching worlds known as "hot Jupiters." ...

Astronomer Avi Loeb gives his thoughts on the prospect of finding signs of intelligent life beyond our Solar System.

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A Jupiter-size exoplanet orbiting a dead star baffled astronomers. But the planet named WD 1856 b could preview the fate of ...

While telescopes like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) can detect the chemical fingerprints of distant atmospheres, ...

For the first time, NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant star thanks to its warping of space-time. Unlike the star-hugging transiting ...

A controversial Harvard University cosmologist who has suggested alien lifeforms could be sailing into the solar system disguised as meteors is leading the Trump administration’ ...

What 250 years has done to our solar system planet count. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

For obvious reasons, the Sun’s influence weakens as you get closer to the edge of the solar system. But things might be a lot ...

Astronomers have recently started looking for black holes bigger than galaxies. Brian Lacki explains how these “stupendously ...