Astronomers who identified HD 20794 d say its proximity to its host star and orbital pattern suggest it could hold water.

Scientists used gravitational lensing to discover Hoth near the centre of the Milky Way back in 2005. With a mass around five times that of Earth, it takes around 9 years to complete one orbit of its ...

In a brilliant development, scientists have discerned the origins of a fast radio burst borne from the magnetic surroundings of a dead neutron star. Its sighting can be traced to a curved glint of ...

But the Kuiper Belt isn’t the only band of frozen leftovers out there. Similar bands surround other stars, too, in solar systems other than our own. These exocomet belts are a lot like the comet belts ...

The force that caused the gas and dust to glow was actually set in motion long ago. It all started with the explosion of a huge star somewhere in the universe. The shockwave produced by the star’s ...

SPHEREx will create a comprehensive map of the universe by surveying and collecting data on more than 450 million galaxies along with over 100 million stars in the Milky Way. Astronomers will use this ...

A new study published in the ZooKeys journal tells the story of Bathynomus vaderi, a new "supergiant" sea bug species found ...

From the electrifying halftime show to celebrity-packed parties, discover how New Orleans will come alive during Super Bowl ...

Kristen is a fan of Still Life, by Sarah Winman, and the sci-fi writer Kim Stanley Robinson, who is a master at imagining life on Earth in the aftermath of climate disasters. She also enjoys watching ...

per Discover magazine’s Paul Smaglik. Discovered in 2016, WASP-127b is a gas giant within the Milky Way, located more than 500 light-years from Earth. It’s a little bigger than Jupiter ...

From A Different World to Insecure and Girlfriends, these are the shows that have singlehandedly defined the culture ...

DISCOVER: Chicago Fire: the cast's real-life friendships behind the scenes On top of that, the star walked the red carpet in January with no sign of a baby bump, further hinting to a summer ...