Artist’s impression of the exoplanet GJ 1132 b, which orbits the red dwarf star GJ 1132. Astronomers have managed to detect the atmosphere of this Earth-like planet.

Juno Update: Jupiter results intensify as spacecraft heads for Great Red Spot As Juno approaches the king of the Solar System again, Earth-based telescopes have been observing the prominent storm …

Hubble’s sharp vision helped the astronomers confirm that two of them, Pisces A and B, are dwarf galaxies. The Hubble telescope is aptly suited to study nearby, dim dwarf galaxies because its sharp …

May 17, 2016 · The other known KBO dwarf planets, Eris and Makemake, have a medium and tiny moon, respectively. Makemake’s moon was discovered in April. An artist’s impression of dwarf planet …

The Ganymede Lander would launch along with the European Space Agency’s Juipter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft in 2022, arriving at Jupiter around 2030 after using gravitational assists …

Famous exoplanet’s doppelgänger found Gas giant beta Pictoris b has been heavily studied since 2009, but now its identical twin has been spotted orbiting two brown dwarf stars

Nov 29, 2016 · Over the last year, researchers have observed some very faint, diffuse galaxies. The galaxies are as faint as dwarf galaxies, but are distributed over an area just as large as the Milky …

Future Tech: Pluto hopper A NASA project is working on a new way to slow down planetary spacecraft to enable an ingenious hopping dwarf planet mission

The dust that coats much of the surface of Mars originates largely from a single 1000-kilometre (620-mile)-long geological formation near the Red Planet’s equator, scientists have found. A study …

Jul 11, 2019 · Those cosmic ripples will join the as-yet-undetected background noise of gravitational waves from other supermassive black holes. Even before the destined collision, the gravitational …