How many dwarf planets are there in our solar system? The recent discovery of 2017 OF201 makes the tally anywhere between ...

When NASA launched the Kepler Space Telescope in 2009, its mission was clear: to explore the stars and uncover distant ...

We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.

Moon-Rice project develops super-dwarf, protein-rich rice varieties for space missions and extreme Earth environments.

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered an exoplanet using the direct-imaging technique. The host star's light was ...

The James Webb telescope has made another stunning discovery -- this time of a massive planet that could potentially sustain ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

Astronomers have achieved a first in exoplanet hunting by using the Hubble Space Telescope images to investigate a mysterious ...

Sedna will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, giving us a rare opportunity to visit the planetoid before it drifts ...

Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

Learn about the Moon-Rice project, which aims to create rice crops that can grow in space and help keep astronauts healthy.

A giant gas planet comparable in size to Saturn exists around a small red dwarf star. The discovery is beyond the scope of conventional astronomy theory, and is making experts reconsider conventional ...