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To date, humanity has discovered over 6,200 confirmed exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, according to NASA's ...

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 ...

A tiny world in our Solar System has an atmosphere it shouldn’t—hinting something dramatic happened there recently.

MIT astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered that a rare "planetary odd couple", a hot Jupiter and a ...

The Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 36 years of incredible discoveries, stunning imagery, and a lasting impact on astronomy ...

Discover the stunning eclipse seen by Artemis II astronauts during their 2026 Moon mission. A truly extraordinary spectacle ...

Citizen scientists working with NASA have helped identify more than 3,000 brown dwarfs—dim, elusive objects that sit between ...

While Galileo's observations killed off the old model, we would need to wait centuries for conclusive evidence that Earth ...

Perseverance just landed on Mars, where it will search for signs of life. But space's cool factor doesn't begin or end there!

Astro Brief is a podcast collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

Learn about the brightest star in the solar system and the night sky. Discover facts about the Sun, Sirius, and how ...