For 15 years, one nearby exoplanet refused to reveal its secrets, its spectrum stubbornly flat, its atmosphere unreadable.

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed a planetary system that challenges current planet formation theories, with a rocky planet that formed beyond the orbits of its ...

Since the 1990s, scientists have discovered approximately 6,100 planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets.

The system, observed using the European Space Agency's Cheops space telescope, consists of four planets — two rocky and two ...

The earth and the heavens are connected to each other. The light and the heat, the blessings and the mercy in form of rain for instance, come down from the skies. According to the consensus of ...

Close-up measurements from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe are giving scientists an unprecedented look at how the solar wind gains ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has forced planetary scientists to reconsider something they thought was settled: how big Jupiter actually is. New measurements show the solar system’s largest planet is ...

Letters to the editor, Sunday, Feb. 15: Christian values over politics ...

A conceptual rendering of the AI-training data center known as Project Jupiter under construction in Santa Teresa. A bill to regulate microgrids, two of which would be used power Project Jupiter, ...

Powerful storms on the Sun create weather in space that can cause major problems. Researchers believe a national space weather service is necessary for safety and preparedness.

Gas giants possibly developed slowly in the solar system. They developed cores layer by layer within a disk of ice and dust ...

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