Astronomers find extreme weather on WASP-76b, with iron winds and molten metal rain due to its proximity to its star.

Most of the exoplanets we've discovered orbit red dwarf stars. This isn't because red dwarfs are somehow special, simply that ...

Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers have performed spectrophotometric observations of an eclipsing white ...

"Our observations indicate the presence of powerful iron winds, probably fuelled by a hot spot in the atmosphere." ...

Recent analysis of JunoCam images has revealed a new, large volcanic formation on Io, showcasing significant geological ...

New proposed space missions, led by the University of Leicester, will study stellar impacts on planets and Earth’s ...

NASA recently delighted space enthusiasts with stunning images of the Red Spider Nebula, captured by the Hubble Space ...

Robert Putnam’s ideas and an essay about book clubs and the presidential debate have been sloshing around in my brain, an odd ...

Recent observations of the exoplanet WASP-76b, located about 640 light-years from Earth, have revealed a climate that seems ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) released a 90-second video of BepiColombo’s recent flyby of Mercury, which marked the closest ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has detected a large new active volcano on Jupiter’s moon Io, the most volcanically active body in the ...

The images of the new volcano were taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft and its JunoCam as it made a flyby of Io — the solar ...