Abby Ledford worked on a fluid dynamics research project under the supervision of Dr. Patrick Bunton, head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UNG. Amanda Ash and Jessica Hamilton presented ...

An unusual planetary system with three known ultra-low density 'super-puff' planets has at least one more planet, according to new observations. An unusual planetary system with three known ultra-low ...

AMES, Iowa – Using data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered a distant planetary system featuring multiple planets orbiting at a severe tilt to their ...

Like a toddler right before naptime, TRAPPIST-1 is a small yet moody star. This little star, which sits in the constellation Aquarius about 40 light-years from Earth, spits out bursts of energy known ...

From left to right, Andre Izidoro, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, and Sho Shibata, a postdoctoral fellow of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences at Rice ...

'Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant planets, suggests a new study. Most of the information we have about ...

TORONTO, July 29, 2025 – A new paper led by a York University professor and published today in Nature Astronomy introduces a simple theoretical framework to describe the evolution of the coupled ...

Ice giant planets such as Uranus and Neptune exhibit complex atmospheric dynamics that are critical to understanding planetary weather, chemistry, and long‐term climate evolution. Their atmospheres ...

Artistic illustration of the internal structure of a lava planet in a cold state, showing a day‑side magma ocean overlain by a mineral atmosphere. The arrows indicate the direction of heat transport ...

Around stars like our Sun, the most common planets aren't giant Jupiters but smaller cousins: sub‑Neptunes, which resemble ...