Talk about a hot mess. Scientists have uncovered a hellish “lava world” where temperatures soar to a blistering 2,700 degrees ...

Researchers used data recorded by Juno in 2021 and 2022, after NASA granted an extension to the spacecraft’s operations upon completing a five-year science campaign at Jupiter. Juno remains in good ...

Life on Earth is a precious thing, especially given what astronomers know about the visible universe. Although researchers ...

Kepler-51d is a giant, ultra-light “super-puff” planet wrapped in an unusually thick haze that’s blocking scientists from ...

The traditional Habitable Zone (sometimes called the Goldilocks zone) is kind of like a campfire. If you sit too close, you ...

A mysterious metal-rich asteroid called Psyche has been baffling scientists for over two centuries, and its true origin ...

Located just 35 light-years away, this world is roughly 1.6 times the size of Earth. But don’t call it a twin. It’s a ...

There are worlds like hot Jupiters, gigantic and very hot, as well as ocean worlds and super-Earths with a rocky structure ...

Deep in the cold darkness beyond our Solar System, Oxford-led astronomers have discovered a world that defies easy ...