This landmark discovery of the planet – named TWA 7b – which was recently published in the journal Nature, came after an ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet appears to take an ...

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Preparing for an interstellar mission is going to be “one of the most challenging problems that humanity is ever going to ...

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new simulations show. By Katherine Kornei If our species manages to hang on ...

NASA's Voyager 1 launched 48 years ago in September 1977 on a decades-spanning journey to study the cosmos and search for ...

Summer-like weather on Friday could bring heavy rain and severe storms capable of producing damaging winds, hail, and flash flooding. MPD saying there's been a triple shooting on the 4900 block of B ...

This artist’s illustration provided by the European Southern Observatory shows an exoplanet orbiting around two brown dwarfs, celestial objects that are lighter than stars, but heavier than gas giant ...