Exoplanets come in a variety of forms and one particular type, the Hot Jupiters have recently captured the attention of astronomers. They are usually...

When we first began searching for planets around other stars, one of the surprising discoveries was that there are planets orbiting white dwarfs. The...

 Astronomers used X-rays to calculate a black hole spinning at nearly half the speed of light.Astronomers have discovered a new way to study black...

A team of astronomers have discovered a rather curious exoplanetary system that has two gas giant planets that are messing up each other’s orbit! On...

 Canadian-led Discovery: Canadian astronomers discovered a new Earth-like exoplanet that may support volcanic activity.Potential for Life: The...

A new study by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton highlights the challenges planets face when orbiting...

 astronomers have, for the first time, detected molecular oxygen outside the Milky Way in the galaxy Markarian 231, 581 million light years away.This...

   Wolf Cukier, a junior at Scarsdale High School in New York, got a two-month internship with NASA during his junior year. So he went to NASA's...

Scientists have discovered a new exoplanet, HD 20794 d, that could potentially support life. This exciting find comes from a team of researchers,...

Earth  unique conditions may be the reason complex life is extremely rare in the universe.In 2000, Peter Ward and Donald Brownlee published Rare...