Vega provided the first telescopic evidence of a disk of planet-forming material, but there are no planets to be found around ...
Legendary Star Lacks Evidence for Large Planet Construction Ever since the dawn of human consciousness, skywatchers have been ...
Recent data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggests that a planet orbiting a small, red star 35 light years away ...
Pluto. Due to its large mass, it would have a great internal energy that could sustain, for example, subsurface oceans. Its orbit would be very distant, much beyond Neptune, and much more inclined ...
After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...
This 2018 artist's concept shows what the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system may look like, based on available data about the planets' diameters ... Institution for Science in Washington, D.C.; and ...
One NASA scientist is betting on AI to help expedite the search through billions of planets. As a computer scientist in Silicon Valley, Hamed Valizadegan could have pursued any number of lucrative ...
A new technique allows astronomers to home in on planets beyond our solar system ... funded through grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation with additional support from the Penn State ...
Mars' global magnetic field may have hung around for 200 million years longer than scientists had thought, possibly giving ...
NASA-supported scientists have developed a method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons, which will help interpret data from missions like NASA's Europa Clipper.