NASA’s aerogel-based antenna, by contrast, uses radio waves that can be “electronically steered” to prevent disruptions in ...

We were doing the typical planet vetting, and I happened to spot this signal that appeared very unusual.” An orbiting ...

A planet 140 light-years from Earth is rapidly coming apart due to its close proximity to its star. The roasting planet is effectively evaporating away: It sheds an enormous amount of surface minerals ...

Blue Origin, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, said New Glenn (named after astronaut John Glenn) will return to flight spring ...

A molecule detected on a planet 124 light-years away is produced on Earth by decaying phytoplankton and other microbes. There ...

As astronomers delve deeper into the diversity of worlds orbiting distant stars, a new study suggests comparing populations ...

K2-18b, located 120 light-years away, has been on scientists’ radar since NASA’s Kepler space telescope spotted it in 2015. It’s about 8.6 times the mass of Earth and orbits within the ...

It was discovered in 2015 by NASA’s Kepler mission, which revealed that planets beyond our solar system are so common, they actually outnumber stars. Roughly between the size of Earth and ...

Part of the constellation Leo, the planet was first discovered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope in 2015, and it is said to be 2.6 times larger than Earth. On this beautifully named planet, astronomers ...