Apples-to-apples comparisons in the distant universe are hard to come by. Whether the subject is dwarf galaxies, supermassive ...

A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters explores how binary star systems—two stars born together ...

Stars that pass close to the solar system could pull planets out of alignment, sending them hurtling into the sun or out into ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made the first-ever and long-anticipated detection of ice outside of our own solar system. The frozen water was found within a debris disk circling HD 181327, a ...

A planet circling at a sharp 90-degree angle to the orbits of its two host stars has now been confirmed. This discovery ...

When a star is born, it doesn’t emerge in isolation. Instead, it forms inside a large, chaotic cloud of gas and dust. Around ...

Water ice shapes the outer regions of our Solar System in profound ways, forming the thick crusts of moons like Europa and ...

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed that crystalline water ice exists in the debris disk surrounding HD 181327, a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the presence of water ice in a planetary system beyond our own for the first ...