A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new study.

Barnard's Star is a small, dim star of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the ...

Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...

Scientists have discovered two diamond-like planets, PSR J1719-1438b and 55 Cancri e, challenging our understanding of planetary composition and formation, and raising questions about the universe's ...

NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five space rocks ...

The leading explanation for all of these mysteries is known as the giant impact hypothesis. According to this story, when the ...

NASA is monitoring three aircraft-sized asteroids that will zoom past the Earth later today at around 19,000 to 22,200 miles per hour.

William Lucas, who has died aged 102, was the director of Nasa’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, the ...

The discovery points to what astronomers have thought for decades, that Saturn's rings were caused by a massive collision ...