A new study modeled the chemistry of TOI-270 d, an exoplanet between Earth and Neptune in size, finding evidence that it could be a giant rocky planet shrouded in a thick, hot atmosphere. TOI-270 d is ...

A new AI model from the University of Bern predicts planetary systems likely to host Earth-like planets. It could boost the ...

Arbor Day on Friday and Earth Day Tuesday, April 22. Earth Day’s origins date back to the modern environmental movement. It began in 1970 and is dedicated to demonstrating support for environmental ...

NASA recently tracked asteroid 2024 YR4, which initially showed a 3 per cent chance of hitting Earth in 2032. New data shows it's no longer a threat, but the incident highlights the need for strong ...

A group of comets with unexplained movements presents a quandary D avide Farnocchia hunts down and tracks asteroids, and several years ago he saw something he couldn’t explain. Farnocchia works at ...

NASA is working on a new space observatory, NEO Surveyor, the first spacecraft designed to assess the threats of asteroids well in advance. The mission launch date is expected to be in the fall of ...

Lingering Brightness Provides Evidence for How the Planet Met Its Demise Each year, scientists from around the world compete for a chance to use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Proposals go through ...

It was once thought that when an aging star engulfed a planet it would be a dramatic event. Now, the Webb telescope has ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's MIRI instrument has captured the final moments of a planet's existence, unexpectedly ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provided a closer look at the aftermath of a star that wreaked violence on its planet ...

NASA’s autopsy of planet swallowed by a star gives astronomers a surprise - Planets are eaten by dying stars as they turn ...

NASA's James Webb Telescope has been investigating the first-ever case of a star caught swallowing a planet —and, in classic ...