Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies, cosmic 'ghost towns,' offer new insights into the early universe and star formation.

An artist’s impression of the white dwarf star WD1054–226 orbited by clouds of planetary debris and a major planet in the habitable zone. Credit Mark A. Garlick / markgarlick.com Licence type ...

Slowing down climate change is an immense task, but small individual actions can add up to help reduce emissions. In 2024, the critical 1.5C threshold was breached for a full year for the first ...

January has a meteor shower, top-notch planet sightings, and a planet parade on the docket. What’s even more exciting: the recent northern lights activity shows no signs of slowing down ...

All the major planets are on view this month. Venus has a fine evening conjunction with Saturn and Jupiter is high in Taurus. Uranus and Neptune are binocular targets, while Mars reaches opposition.

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a planet found 2023 is surely up there as one of the more impressive. The exoplanet is known as K12-18 b (NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)) An exoplanet called K2-18 b - also known as EPIC ...

They come in a range of sizes, with some as large as dwarf planets and others no bigger than chunks of rock and ice. Pluto, once called the ninth planet, is one of the most famous trans-Neptunian ...

The Kuiper Belt, a vast region of icy objects left over from the solar system’s formation, extends far beyond Neptune and is home to Pluto and other dwarf planets. Astronomers believe that ...

But if you went to Venus, that wouldn't be the case. Not every planet has a moon — so why do some planets have several moons, while others have none? I'm a physics instructor who has followed ...