Barnard’s Star is notorious among astronomers for a history of false planet detections but it appears the latest discovery – ...

Yet despite the drumbeat of evidence, we still know of just one planet in the cosmos with life — the one you’re standing on.

We often focus on space observatories that peer beyond Earth. But the vast majority of satellites stare right back at us.

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

The national traveling exhibition explores space and astronomy, covering topics such as the search for habitable worlds.

A new 28-minute film explores the medical, social, political and ethical challenges of parenthood and child-rearing that ...

We assessed 73 savings accounts from 53 financial institutions to develop our ranking of the best high-yield savings accounts for kids and teens, focusing on various data points such as fees ...

The number of planetary moons may also increase if we find more planets in the solar system. One such world is the elusive Planet Nine — a hypothetical giant planet that may lurk in the far ...

The solar system is a region of space, and all of the objects contained within which are gravitationally bound to the sun. This means all the planets and moons, all of the asteroids and comets ...

PUNCH, or Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, will study how the sun affects the solar system. The mission ... understand the sun that keeps our planet alive.” ...

Using advanced simulations, the researchers propose that these planets emerge from distinct rings of planetesimals, providing fresh insight into planetary evolution beyond our solar system.

The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s history. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Jonathan O’Callaghan reported on an ...