In this era of exoplanet discovery, astronomers have found over 5,000 confirmed exoplanets, with thousands more awaiting confirmation and many…
We have it relatively easy on the Earth. Our Sun is relatively calm. The space weather environment in the solar…
Star clusters tend to host more hot Jupiters than average, but why? A team of astronomers have proposed a new…
A team of astronomers has caught glimpses of gas giants forming around a very young star. The nascent giants are…
Tragically sometimes stars engulf their own planets. While most stars are able to quickly cover up the evidence for their…
Astronomers demonstrate that you don't have to see a planet to discover it. You only need to see its Lagrange…
We don't see many Neptune-sized worlds closely orbiting their star. That may be because the star robs them of their…
In this age of exoplanet discovery, we've discovered thousands of exoplanets of different types. The hot Jupiter is one of…
NASA's Kepler planet-hunting spacecraft was deactivated in November 2018, about ten years after it launched. The mission detected over 5,000…
Hubble's most remarkable feature might be its longevity. The Hubble has been operating for almost 32 years and has fed…