The James Webb and Very Large telescopes spotted a free-floating planet accreting material at a record rate, displaying ...

A new method for analyzing the chemical composition of stars may help scientists winnow the search for Earth 2.0. Yale University researchers Debra Fischer and John Michael Brewer, in a new study that ...

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Elementary students have been exploring STEM in a new lab at East Hartford High School. East Hartford Public Schools and the ...

Fifty potential planets have been confirmed by a new machine learning algorithm developed by University of Warwick scientists. For the first time, astronomers have used a process based on machine ...

I often do sidewalk astronomy with my telescope at Lake Ella or Cascades Park showing the universe to the public. Two frequent questions I get are “How do I know which ‘star’ is a planet” and “Is this ...

Planets that circle distant stars are called exoplanets. While we have eight planets in our solar system, astronomers have discovered thousands of these far-flung worlds around other stars. Exoplanets ...

Our world is becoming increasingly complex. Every day an immense amount of data is generated, which, if properly understood, can help us make better sense of our world. Until recently, we did not have ...

It's not too late to see the planet parade. Stargazers will be able to see four or five planets in the night sky with their naked eye this month. A rare seven-planet alignment will reportedly be ...