Published in the peer-reviewed The Astrophysical Journal, the research focuses on tidally locked planets, worlds that always show the same face to their star.

Astronomers have long searched for life within a rather narrow ring around a star, the "habitable zone," where a planet ...

Starlink's new FCC approval for 7,500 more satellites aims to boost service and capacity for millions. But at what cost?

"In our solar system, the most massive moon is Ganymede, which is still extremely small compared to what we are inferring here." ...

During the Cold War, space was never just about exploration. Behind public missions and symbolic cooperation, both ...

NASA astronaut Suni Williams has retired after 27 years of service and a career defined by endurance, leadership, and firsts in space. She spent 608 days in orbit, completed nine spacewalks, and twice ...

The other two known interstellar comets did not offer such an opportunity.

As Sunita Williams retires from Nasa after 27 years, we revisit the moment PM Modi wrote to her in orbit. The letter celebrated her as India's daughter and a global icon of perseverance.

NASA astronaut Suni Williams, renowned for her record-setting spacewalks and leadership, retired on Dec. 27, 2025, after a ...

Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at the outskirts of our own solar system contain crystalline ...

In astronomy, an occultation is when a celestial body or object — like the moon or a planet — passes in front of a distant ...