Recent astronomical discoveries have captivated the world with the revelation of a planet composed entirely of diamonds. This ...

WISPIT 2b is present between the third and fourth disks of WISPIT, 434 light-years away from Earth, and was captured by ...

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

On July 11, 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) returned its first images, penetrating the wall of time to show us the universe a few hundred million years after its formation. In a marvelous ...

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On Earth, it took over 3 billion years for intelligent life to evolve. The planet went from having at least 6 percent carbon ...

Every planet in our solar system is essentially round. But out in the universe, are there any planets that aren't spherical? Technically, planets are round, by definition; they need to have enough ...

Today, let's talk about something truly astonishing in the universe! Recent research suggests that the "habitable zone" in the Milky Way has expanded, with up to 100 million planets potentially ...

Conditions in the early universe might have enabled rocky planets with water to form much earlier than anticipated, potentially allowing life to begin sooner too. Astrophysicists studying the early ...

But it’s not just looks. Rocky composition, general size, orbital behaviors—a lot of those qualities can be the same on both ...

A Planet Parade (or planetary alignment, if we’re being specific) is when a bunch of planets line up just right so they look like they’re forming a straight line across the night sky. IRL, they’re ...