What: A newly identified star system, Gaia GIC1, exhibits unusual brightness variations consistent with a large planetary collision Guests: SETI Live host and astrophysicist Dr. Moiya McTier spoke ...

A bizarre planetary pairing 190 light-years away is challenging everything astronomers thought they knew about how worlds form. A “lonely” hot Jupiter — typically found without nearby companions — is ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to probe the object, gathering clues on whether it grew larger over time like a planet or fragmented into smaller bits like a star. Stars are born from ...

Astronomers discover that the rotation speeds of distant planets reveal how they form and evolve in the universe ...

New simulations suggest binary star systems may be ideal for planet formation, and may produce more gas giants than ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — NASA is funding two new space research projects at the University of Mississippi. Associate chemistry ...

Scientists have seemingly settled long-standing arguments about whether the components of Earth originated from the inner or ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this view of Thebe, the second largest of Jupiter's inner moons, during a close pass on May 1, 2026. The spacecraft's Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) captured this image ...

Scientists map frozen water across the Milky Way, revealing vast “interstellar glaciers” that may help seed new planets and ...

Fresh insights into star clusters advance our understanding of galaxy and planet formation.