The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are ...

By 2015, NASA announced that Kepler had discovered its 1,000th exoplanet. 2016 was a banner year for exoplanet detections with nearly 1,500 in that year alone. The total number reached 5,000 in March ...

American space agency NASA announced this week the counter showing the number of confirmed exoplanets has now reached over ...

Importantly, the 6,000 figure is continuously updated as astronomers around the world confirm new planets, meaning no single planet is officially the 6,000th.

The Kuiper Belt is loosely defined as a doughnut-shaped swath of space beginning just beyond the orbit of Neptune and ...

Astronomers might be close to confirming the presence of an Earth-like atmosphere on an exoplanet for the first time, ...

NASA has officially tracked 6,000 confirmed exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—a milestone that reflects decades of ...

A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides an explanation for ...

In 1962, Scott Carpenter launched into orbit in Aurora 7! He named his capsule "Aurora", because he viewed his flight as a "celestial event.

Guardians of the Galaxy — Mission: Breakout broke into the Best of OC lineup in 2025 for the first time since the drop tower ride debuted in 2017. The re-skinned Guardians attraction in Disney ...

Amid the season with at least one meteor shower occurring every night, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may become visible to us ...