"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...

The Kepler space telescope has helped us discover many potentially habitable exoplanets that may harbour life. How does it find them? How do we know these exoplanets are habitable? Could there really ...

Kepler Interactive already boasts one of the ... Change is the only constant in our space. However, it feels like things have drastically accelerated recently. Geopolitical changes are affecting ...

There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...

September 12, 2013 – Scientists confirm that Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has crossed into interstellar space. July 23, 2015 – NASA’s Kepler spacecraft locates “Earth’s bigger ...

"It’s death by a thousand cuts." Nasa's eagle-eyed Kepler Space Telescope spotted TrES-2b - the darkest known exoplanet - in 2011. It reflects less than 1% of any light that hits it, allowing it ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new study.

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...

Studying the orbits of thousands of exoplanets shows that large planets tend to have elliptical orbits, while smaller planets tend to have more circular orbits. This split coincides with several other ...

The total lunar eclipse on March 13-14 will plunge moon missions into darkness. What will happen to the lunar spacecraft?