Moons orbiting free-floating planets, planets drifting through space without a parent star, might seem like unlikely candidates for life. However, a new study published in the Monthly Notices of the ...

Talk about a hot mess. Scientists have uncovered a hellish “lava world” where temperatures soar to a blistering 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit — hot enough to melt rock into a churning ocean of magma and ...

The Santa Monica College Planetarium will offer a multifaceted view of the universe during shows on Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons in April. The three “Deep Space Deep Dive” Feature Programs ...

Scientists find entirely new kind of planet - Study suggests that the galaxy’s planets could be far more different than we realised – and some might be able to support life ...

A team of astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian have for the first time used galactic ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted the most distant “jellyfish galaxy” ever seen — a cosmic oddity streaming long, tentacle-like trails of gas and newborn stars as it speeds ...

Learn more about L 98‑59 d, an exoplanet 35 light‑years away with a deep global magma ocean ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Planetary alignments may guide the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, boosting chances of detecting alien technosignatures ...

Scientists now have direct evidence that a planet — not just failed stars — can rove the galaxy after a violent expulsion from its orbit. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / R. Hurt illustration Astronomers ...