The planet orbits its host star in just 30.5 hours, losing a mass of material roughly equal to Mount Everest each time ...

Here's what will be visible in the night sky in the United States in May 2025. On May 12, the skies will be treated to the Flower Moon, also known as the Corn Planting Moon, Milk Moon, Hare's Moon and ...

Our latest Humanist Society talk explored the latest round of understanding the universe through space observations. Humanist Society President Judy Flattery reviewed why this relates to Humanism: ...

Astronomers from MIT have uncovered a dramatic celestial spectacle: a Mercury-sized exoplanet that is rapidly disintegrating ...

If everything goes according to plan, the samples could become the first to be returned to Earth from Mars. They will help ...

A stellar occultation this month gave scientists an opportunity to scrutinize the seventh planet from the Sun.

In celebration of the Hubble Space Telescope's 35 years in Earth orbit, NASA is releasing an assortment of compelling images ...

In celebration of 35 years spent in orbit around Earth, the Hubble team has released a set of four new images showing the ...

Exoplanets are already known to disintegrate slowly, but none as quickly as BD+05 4868 Ab. It loses one Mount Everest per orbit.

Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star disintegrating as its surface is ...

A planet 140 light-years from Earth is rapidly coming apart due to its close proximity to its star. The roasting planet is effectively evaporating away: It sheds an enormous amount of surface minerals ...

When a planet's orbit brings it between Earth and a distant star, it's more than just a cosmic game of hide and seek. It's an ...