"The significance of this discovery lies in the fact that it would confirm the existence of internal energy sources that ...

The protoplanetary disk, designated as 114-426, is situated in the Orion Nebula, a vast star-forming region approximately ...

Scientists using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope sought to observe a planet beyond our solar system (an exoplanet) ...

Extrasolar gas giant planets are a necessary stop on the road to finding life elsewhere in the cosmos. Here's why we need to ...

Over the past three decades, astronomers have discovered thousands of planets beyond our solar system. But while some of them ...

For decades, astronomers have dismissed them as nuisances — small specks of rock streaking through telescope images, ...

Despite its age and an ever-dwindling power supply, the Voyager 1 probe is back in action following an issue with its communication system.

Through advanced autonomy testbed programs, NASA is setting the groundwork for one of its top priorities—the search for signs ...

Scientists say cometary dust affects interpretation of spacecraft measurements, reopening the case for comets as potential ...