Electrons released when cosmic rays strike water-ice can provide energy for microbes and facilitate the formation of complex ...

Scientists from the University of St Andrews studied cosmic objects that are comparable to giant planets, but don’t orbit around a star.

New research from the University of St Andrews has provided groundbreaking insights into the potential of giant, ...

Astronomers are watching a giant exoplanet spiral toward its star - offering a rare, real-time look at how planets die.

What’s in the middle of the Milky Way? In our neck of the cosmos, everything revolves around a supermassive black hole.

I t is often remarked upon that the distribution of rings and moons around the giant planets of the Solar System – Jupiter, ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has found that giant free floating planets have the potential to form their ...

With the new moon darkening the skies, you’ll have a rare shot at spotting the Milky Way, deep-sky galaxies, and even the ...

A massive, fast-orbiting planet is inching closer to its star, and scientists now have direct evidence of its impending ...

A bizarre planet defies cosmic norms: scientists have confirmed a giant planet orbiting in reverse around one star in a close binary system—an arrangement previously thought impossible. Using advanced ...

From NYU Langone to Cleveland Clinic, health care providers are flocking to Palm Beach County and its wealthy, insured ...

"The formation of planetary systems is not exclusive to stars but might also work around lonely starless worlds." ...