Scientists have discovered over 4,000 exoplanets outside of our Solar System, according to NASA's Exoplanet Archive. Some of these planets orbit multiple stars at the same time. Certain planets are so ...

As elementary schoolers, we learned the order of the planets. Maybe your teacher even had a snappy mnemonic like “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas” or “My Very Educated Mother Just ...

Scientists have discovered over 4,000 exoplanets outside of our Solar System, according to NASA’s Exoplanet Archive. Some of these planets orbit multiple stars at the same time. Certain planets are so ...

The dichotomy arises during the first 50 million years of planetary history. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Supercomputer ...

Using publicly available data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) estimate that six percent of red dwarf stars in the galaxy have ...

Five years ago, astronomers revealed a spectacular collection of other worlds: the TRAPPIST-1 system. Newspapers around the world printed the discovery on their front pages: Astronomers had found that ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Our life ...

AMES, Iowa – Astronomers poring over four years of data from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft have discovered a star that’s 11.2 billion years old and has at least five Earth-size planets. “We thus show that ...

In a recent paper, Harvard researchers found that raindrops are remarkably similar across different planetary environments, even planets as drastically different as Earth and Jupiter. Understanding ...

Natalie Hinkel receives funding from the NASA Nexus for Exoplanet System Science research coordination network based out of Arizona State University. This funding is used to research exoplanet ...