This Hot Jupiter is Doomed to Crash Into its Star in Just Three Million Years

In 2008, astronomers with the SuperWASP survey spotted WASP-12b as it transited in front of its…

White Dwarfs Might Be Less Dead Than We Thought

At the end of their lives, most stars including the Sun will become white dwarfs. After…

Unexpected signals from Voyager 1 baffle engineers after 46 years of service

Over four decades after its launch and more than 24 billion km (15 billion miles) away…

Pentagon Report Rules Out UFO Coverup, But Debate Continues

The Pentagon office in charge of investigating UFO reports — now known officially as unidentified anomalous…

Science Fiction is Learning About Exoplanets From Science

As long as it has existed as a genre, there has been a notable relationship between…

Satellite Measurements Show That Global Carbon Emissions are Still Rising

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), human activities have…

Astronomers Image 62 Newly-Forming Planetary Systems

Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope in Chile have now completed one of the largest surveys…

Into Totality: Our Complete Guide to the April 8th Total Solar Eclipse Across North America

What to watch for on April 8th as totality sweeps across the continent. The time has…

Largest object ever jettisoned from ISS to make uncontrolled re-entry this week

The International Space Station’s (ISS) largest-ever discarded object, a hefty equipment pallet weighing 2.9 tons, is…

Drones Could Help Map the Lunar Surface with Extreme Precision

Exploring the Moon has become increasingly more of a focal point lately, especially with a series…