A young rogue planet 620 light-years from Earth has baffled scientists as it puts on a record-breaking 'growth spurt'.

New research has found that amino acids, the building blocks of life, may have traveled to Earth on interstellar dust grains, ...

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

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The discovery of the "hot Jupiter" exoplanet 51 Pegasi b on Oct. 6, 1995 changed the course of astronomical history.

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Cosmic dust, it turns out, isn’t made of miniature rocks. It’s fluff. A comprehensive analysis of data from space missions, ...

In May 1964, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson were testing how radio waves bounced off balloon satellites developed by Bell ...

Anthony Wood joined Space.com in April 2025 after contributing articles to outlets including IGN, New Atlas and Gizmodo. He ...

Greetings stargazers. The night sky is changing. I am not talking about stars disappearing because of light pollution, even thought that is certainly an issue, but I am thinking of all the ways the ...

Astronomy is increasingly becoming an online affair. Recent discoveries of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS and R2 SWAN have ...