Water isn't just delivered to planets by comets and asteroids — it can also be forged as worlds form, a new study finds. For ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery on November 8, 2025, that challenges previous models of planetary water ...

On Tuesday, the European Southern Observatory released a new image that could advance our fundamental understanding of how brand new planets are formed. Located over 5000 light-years away in the ...

Is there a second Earth out there in space? Our knowledge of planetary systems far, far away is increasing constantly, as new technologies continue to sharpen our gaze into space. To date, 3,700 ...

Richard Fishacre challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day, and contemporary astrophysics has vindicated his position.

As telescopes have become more powerful, it’s turned out our solar system is not the only game in town: There are millions of ...

Astronomers gazing upon a star system not too far from Earth were recently treated to a marvelous discovery: a group of six planets moving around a sun-like star in a seemingly perfect cosmic dance ...

During the 1240s, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at Oxford University, used his knowledge of light and color to show ...