1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (290+ words) More than 6,000 exoplanets have been confirmed in the Milky Way, including terrestrial worlds that may be composed mainly of rock and metal. The NASA Exoplanet Archive listed 6,366 confirmed planets as of September 11, 2026, along with thousands of additional candidates awaiting verification....

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (309+ words) The search for alien life and extraterrestrial civilizations has long sparked curiosity about what might exist in the universe. With every new study, scientists are finding clues that could bring them a little closer to answering a question they have…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (624+ words) A neutron star is what remains after the core of a massive star collapses. It is not a small ordinary star. It is the crushed core of a dead one, compressed until protons and electrons are forced together and most…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (639+ words) On July 23, 2026, astronomers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison announced the confirmation of GJ 523b, an unusually dense mega-Earth first detected in data from NASA’s TESS telescope. GJ 523b is 2.5 times the diameter of Earth. Some super-Earths can be that large, but…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (371+ words) Though invisible to the eye, sporadic E layers make their presence known to the radio signals we rely on for long-distance communication. When present, sporadic E can send those signals ping-ponging off in unexpected directions, rendering the technology temporarily unreliable....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (407+ words) Super-Earth Gl 514 b Faces Extreme Feast-or-Famine Climates Labroots Super-Earth Gl 514 b Faces Extreme Feast-or-Famine Climates What type of climates does exoplanets experience, and how could this influence their potential habitability? This is what a recent study published in The Planetary…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (266+ words) Zurich: Scientists have found evidence that Earth’s core may contain far more hydrogen than previously estimated, potentially holding an amount equivalent to the hydrogen in 9 to 45 oceans of water. The finding comes from a study published in Nature Communications, in…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (367+ words) Those little dust grains that fall to Earth during meteor showers or end up as part of larger meteorites found on Earth may hold surprising clues to the formation of the Sun. That's because they record the state of the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1326+ words) A spacecraft propelled by a subluminal warp drive would cause an extremely bright glow if it passed through Earth’s atmosphere, according to findings detailed in a new study. “Warp drives are a fantastic way to travel through the universe, and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (723+ words) Astronomers have discovered a massive rocky exoplanet with extreme density and a bizarre tilted orbit around a nearby star. Astronomers have found Gliese 523b, a bizarre exoplanet that combines a huge size, extreme density and a highly unusual orbit around its…...